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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 impresses the Tahlequah marshal about Billy?
(a) His interest in hunting.
(b) His willingness to work hard to purchase the puppies.
(c) His self-assured attitude.
(d) His willingness to stick up for his puppies.

2. What does Billy do each morning when he returns home from hunting?
(a) Goes to work in the fields with his father.
(b) Eats breakfast and goes to bed.
(c) Helps his mother with chores.
(d) Cares for the dogs' feet.

3. What information does Billy's father give him in Chapter 6 about town life that surprises Billy?
(a) He intends to move to town to open a store.
(b) His father grew up in a town like Tahlequah.
(c) He intends to move the family to town at some point in the future.
(d) His father has never been into a town.

4. How does Billy characterize the female puppy in Chapter 5?
(a) As smart.
(b) As weak.
(c) As courageous.
(d) As docile.

5. What prevents Billy's parents from buying him the puppies he wants?
(a) They do not believe he will take care of them.
(b) They cannot afford them.
(c) They do not want to have pets.
(d) They are not available in the area they live in.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following words best characterizes Billy's reaction to the Tahlequah townspeople's comments about his appearance?

3. What does Billy do with the bag of candy from his grandfather's store?

4. What problem does Billy face when the dogs finally tree a raccoon?

5. How does the dog in Chapter 1 show the unnamed man he is feeling better?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Billy do with the money he earns from hunting? Why does he do this?

2. Describe the actions Billy takes to earn enough money to purchase two hound puppies.

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

4. Describe the incident in with the muskrat den.

5. Why is Billy confused by the Tahlequah townspeople's reactions to his actions and appearance?

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

7. Describe the redbone hound in Chapter 1.

8. What does Billy do with the candy his grandfather gives him in Chapter 3? What does this demonstrate about his character?

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

10. What connection does the author make between the redbone hound in the first chapter and Billy's dogs in Chapter 6?

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