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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 seemingly randomly ask his family that shocks and entertains them in Chapter 4?
(a) For a ride to Kentucky.
(b) For a haircut.
(c) How far it is to Kentucky.
(d) When he can get his puppies.

2. Why does Old Dan not want to get into Billy's grandfather's buggy in Chapter 9?
(a) He does not want to leave the coon in the tree.
(b) He is not tired and hungry.
(c) He does not want to leave Little Ann.
(d) He is afraid of the buggy.

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

4. How does Billy first react when he sees the puppies?
(a) He cries with joy.
(b) He is stunned that they are actually his now.
(c) He is frightened by their size.
(d) He scoops them up and kisses them.

5. What happens to Old Dan when he follows a raccoon under water during a hunt?
(a) He nearly drowns because he cannot swim well.
(b) He becomes caught in a beaver dam.
(c) He becomes caught in a muskrat den.
(d) He demonstrates his strength and bravery.

Short Answer 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?

2. What does Billy's father give him to help him cope with not getting hound puppies?

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

4. What does Papa instruct Billy to do to his traps once he has caught his first raccoon?

5. How many traps does Billy set up near the river in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What memories does the redbone hound stir up for the unnamed old man in Chapter 1?

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

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

4. Describe "The Big Tree".

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

6. How do Billy's parents react to him asking how far it is to Kentucky? What information are they lacking?

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

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

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

10. What surprises and touches Billy's grandfather in the later part of Chapter 3?

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