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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 Little Ann do just as Billy is about to move the dogs to a new location in Chapter 8?
(a) She trees a coon.
(b) She finds the coon's trail again.
(c) She crosses the river.
(d) She begins barking.

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

3. Who arrives to check on Billy in Chapter 8 when he has not returned home from hunting by morning?
(a) Papa.
(b) Billy's oldest sister.
(c) Mama.
(d) Billy's grandfather.

4. Why does Billy refuse his father's suggestion of what to do the morning after his pups have treed their first raccoon?
(a) He has given his word to the dogs that he will get the raccoon out.
(b) He is desperate to catch his first coon alone.
(c) He does not want his father to be injured.
(d) He wants to prove he is a man.

5. Why does Old Dan run up a hollow tree during a hunt?
(a) To chase a raccoon that is in the tree.
(b) To follow the scent of a raccoon.
(c) To chase Little Ann.
(d) To get a better view of the raccoon running away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the unnamed man in Chapter 1 remove from his mantle while sitting by the fire?

2. What breed of dog does Billy's father offer to get for him?

3. At the age of ten, what does Billy desperately want to have?

4. What does Little Ann do in Chapter 8 that shows Billy she has not fallen for the raccoon's trick?

5. What does Billy do to gather strength when he believes he can no longer chop the tree down?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the events between the tree falling down and Billy's return home.

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

4. Describe the area that Billy lives in as a kid.

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

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

7. Describe the incident in with the muskrat den.

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

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

10. Why is Billy so committed to cutting down the sycamore tree?

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