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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Billy do to gather strength when he believes he can no longer chop the tree down?
(a) He asks his father for help.
(b) He rests and eats a hot meal.
(c) He prays to God for strength.
(d) He looks at the faces of his two dogs.

2. What item does Billy need to train the dogs as trackers?
(a) A coon skin.
(b) A whistle.
(c) Leashes.
(d) A raccoon.

3. How much money does Billy need to earn to purchase two hound puppies?
(a) $500.
(b) $25.
(c) $10.
(d) $50.

4. Which of the following is NOT a way Billy earns money for the puppies?
(a) He picks berries to sell at his grandfather's store.
(b) He sells vegetables.
(c) He catches and sells bait to fishermen.
(d) He works in the fields with his father.

5. How does Billy plan on paying his grandfather for the bag of candy he gets from his store?
(a) With the earnings from the sale of his first coonskin.
(b) With the money he has saved.
(c) By working in his grandfather's store.
(d) With money he got for his birthday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama do to help alleviate the muscle pain Billy is experiencing in Chapter 9?

2. What does Billy tell his mother is the reason why he was able to get the puppies?

3. What does Billy's grandfather tell him that raccoons cannot resist?

4. Why does Billy choose the particular names for the puppies that he does?

5. Who helps Billy train the puppies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the process Billy's grandfather teaches him for trapping raccoons.

2. Describe "The Big Tree".

3. Describe the redbone hound in Chapter 1.

4. What character traits does Billy exhibit when the children on the playground in Tahlequah harass his dogs? How does he demonstrate these traits?

5. Describe what Billy and the other hunters talk about as they sell their hides in Billy's grandfather's store.

6. How does Billy's grandfather help him at the beginning of Chapter 9?

7. How does Billy train the dogs to track raccoons?

8. Describe Billy's shopping experience in the general store in Tahlequah.

9. How do the puppies react to the first raccoon that they encounter?

10. What does Billy discover about the two dogs when they camp in the cave?

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