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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. Based on the unnamed man's actions at the end of Chapter 1, what is likely to be the focus of the Chapter 2?
(a) A flashback to the man's marriage.
(b) The man's daily routine.
(c) The man's search for the redbone hound.
(d) A flashback to the man's childhood.

2. How does the boy dog demonstrate his courage in this chapter?
(a) He chases a raccoon
(b) He protects Billy and the girl puppy
(c) He barks at the cries of a mountain lion
(d) He chases a mountain lion

3. What does Billy's grandfather suggest in Chapter 9 the boy do to keep the coon in the tree while he goes home to rest?
(a) Take the dogs home with him.
(b) Construct and place a scarecrow at the base of the tree.
(c) Command the dogs to lie down at the base of the tree.
(d) Tie the dogs to the tree.

4. How old is Billy when his first hunting season opens?
(a) 13.
(b) 11.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

5. What breed of dog does Billy's father offer to get for him?
(a) A Coon Hound.
(b) A Redbone Hound.
(c) A Labrador Retriever.
(d) A Collie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is significant about what Billy finds at the campsite?

2. Why does Billy refuse his father's suggestion of what to do the morning after his pups have treed their first raccoon?

3. Why does Billy's mother punish him in Chapter 7?

4. What fear must Billy help the puppies overcome?

5. What does Billy see for the first time in the general store window in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Billy's family help him while he is trying to cut down the giant sycamore?

2. Describe the contents of the ad Billy finds in the old sportsman's magazine.

3. What does Billy do when he despairs that he cannot finish cutting down the tree? What happens after he does so?

4. Describe the redbone hound in Chapter 1.

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

6. Describe how Little Ann outsmarts the raccoon in Chapter 8.

7. Describe what happens after Billy sets up the raccoon traps along the river in Chapter 7.

8. Compare and contrast Old Dan and Little Ann as they are described by Billy in Chapter 10.

9. What are Billy's first impressions of Tahlequah?

10. How does Billy's desire for hunting dogs fit with his ability to purchase the dogs?

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