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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rainie Pritchard characterize Billy's grandfather?
(a) As wealthy.
(b) As fair.
(c) As mean.
(d) As dishonest.

2. Who does Billy think has planted the red fern?
(a) The dogs.
(b) God.
(c) Grandpa.
(d) His father.

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

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

5. What does Billy discover when he climbs the ghost tree in Chapter 13?
(a) The tree is still blooming.
(b) The raccoon is not there.
(c) The raccoon is treed in it.
(d) The raccoon was never there.

6. Where does Billy bury the dogs when they die?
(a) Under a sycamore tree.
(b) At the base of a red oak tree.
(c) Near the river.
(d) Next to the family's cabin.

7. Whose bragging helps build Billy's reputation as a hunter?
(a) His father's.
(b) His mother's.
(c) His own.
(d) His grandfather's.

8. What challenge emerges at the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) It begins sleeting.
(b) It grows dark.
(c) The jackpot for the contest rises.
(d) Another hunter catches a raccoon.

9. Why does Billy end up sleeping under the wagon with his dogs in Chapter 16?
(a) He does not want to be away from them.
(b) He wants to comfort his tired dogs.
(c) His father's snoring keeps him awake.
(d) His grandfather's snoring keeps him awake.

10. Who lays next to Old Dan's dead body before it is buried?
(a) Billy's sisters.
(b) Billy and Little Ann.
(c) Billy.
(d) Little Ann.

11. How does Billy react when his grandfather tells him he has entered him into the hunting contest?
(a) He is put off.
(b) He is surprised.
(c) He is honored.
(d) He is ecstatic.

12. What happens to Grandpa as the dogs chase their second raccoon?
(a) He is stricken by laughter.
(b) He becomes ill.
(c) He is unable to keep up with the group.
(d) He falls into the river.

13. What does Grandpa give Billy in Chapter 15 that marks him as an adult?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) A cup of coffee.
(c) A gun.
(d) Money.

14. Why does Old Dan lure Billy out on to the ice pack?
(a) Little Ann has located the raccoon.
(b) Little Ann is caught in the freezing water.
(c) He is caught on the ice.
(d) He is caught in the freezing water.

15. Where does Billy's family move to in Chapter 19?
(a) The city.
(b) A home closer to town.
(c) Town.
(d) The Ozark Mountains.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy find when he visits to the dogs' graves before leaving home?

2. Why does Billy insist the group look for the dogs rather than wait for them to come back on their own?

3. When did Billy return to the Ozarks to visit the dogs' graves?

4. What does Papa do to get Little Ann to come back to Billy in Chapter 17?

5. How does the animal in Chapter 18 react to Old Dan's threat?

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