2. Why does Billy pay the Pritchard boys $2?
(a) He owed them for supplies purchased for hunting.
(b) He believes his dogs have failed him.
(c) He believes he has lost the bet since the dogs seem to have given up finding the "ghost coon".
(d) His grandfather instructed him to pay the boys regardless of the outcome of the bet.

3. What does Billy find when he visits to the dogs' graves before leaving home?
(a) The old KC Baking Powder can.
(b) A sycamore tree growing up between them.
(c) A red fern growing up between them.
(d) A grave marker made by his father.

4. Where do the dogs chase a raccoon to in Chapter 11?
(a) A tree.
(b) Tahlequah.
(c) Billy's family's home.
(d) The river.

5. What event at the beginning of Chapter 11 prevents Billy from hunting?
(a) The end of the hunting season.
(b) A snow blizzard.
(c) The flu.
(d) Injuries to his dogs.

6. How does the animal in Chapter 18 react to Old Dan's threat?
(a) It attacks Old Dan.
(b) It hides in the tree.
(c) It attacks Little Ann.
(d) It runs away.

7. What surprises the hunting contest judge about Billy's dogs' final catch?
(a) They did not give up even though it was daybreak.
(b) They worked together to tree the raccoon.
(c) They were able to find the raccoon again after he walked a rail fence.
(d) They chased the raccoon for miles.

8. Why does Little Ann stop barking when she trees the "ghost coon"?
(a) She is unsure that he is actually in the tree.
(b) She is waiting for Old Dan to arrive.
(c) She is waiting for Billy to arrive.
(d) She has lost his scent.

9. Why does Billy visit his grandfather's store on the day he encounters the Pritchard boys?
(a) He is getting a sack of corn milled for his mother.
(b) He is dropping off pelts to be sold at the store.
(c) He is purchasing hunting supplies.
(d) He is visiting his grandfather.

10. Where does the "ghost coon" ultimately head for at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) Billy's home.
(b) The ghost tree.
(c) The tallest tree in the forest.
(d) An old field.

11. Why do the Pritchard boys refuse to give Billy his money back?
(a) They say he owed them the money.
(b) They believe that the dogs must kill the raccoon in order for the bet to be won.
(c) They are unfair.
(d) They are cowards.

12. What does Papa believe would have prevented Billy from moving with the family at the end of the book?
(a) A desire to stay near the river.
(b) His grief over the dogs' deaths.
(c) Hunting with the dogs.
(d) A desire to stay near the dogs' graves.

13. Why is Billy concerned about entering one of the dogs into the best looking dog contest?
(a) He does not want to hurt the feelings of either dog.
(b) He believes they are too small.
(c) He is not concerned about their looks, only their hunting abilities.
(d) He is afraid of losing the contest.

14. Why do the dogs pounce on a large scary animal in Chapter 18 that Old Dan had treed?
(a) It attacks Billy.
(b) It growls at them.
(c) It looks like it might attack Billy.
(d) It stands in a threatening way.

15. When did Billy return to the Ozarks to visit the dogs' graves?
(a) Once before his death.
(b) Never.
(c) Shortly before he moved out of the state.
(d) Weekly after the family moved into town.