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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. Why does Billy choose the particular names for the puppies that he does?
(a) His sisters choose the names.
(b) They are his grandparents' names.
(c) He sees them carved on a tree at the campsite where he found the sportsman's magazine.
(d) He saw them in an old sportsman's magazine.

2. What does the unnamed man in Chapter 1 conclude about the dog after noticing his paws are worn?
(a) He has traveled a long way.
(b) He has been abused.
(c) He has walked through the woods.
(d) He has been taken hunting many times.

3. Why does Billy's mother punish him in Chapter 7?
(a) For taking a tin can from the junk pile without permission.
(b) For leaving to pick up the puppies without telling her.
(c) For going hunting without permission.
(d) For using her good scissors to cut a tin can.

4. What does Billy find at the abandoned campsite?
(a) A sportsman's magazine.
(b) Money.
(c) A hound puppy.
(d) An old tent.

5. How does Billy react when the women in Tahlequah criticize him while walking through town with his puppies?
(a) He begins crying.
(b) He gets into a fight with the women.
(c) He ignores their comments.
(d) He makes fun of the feathers in their hats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy's father suggest he do in the morning after his pups have treed their first raccoon?

2. What does Billy do each morning when he returns home from hunting?

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

4. How does Billy characterize the female puppy in Chapter 5?

5. Why do the children at the playground in Tahlequah make fun of Billy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Billy's feelings about his family's home change when he returns home from his journey to Tahlequah?

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

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

4. Describe the redbone hound in Chapter 1.

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

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

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

8. Compare and contrast Billy and his father's views of the town of Tahlequah.

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

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

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