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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 notice about the size of the puppies in Chapter 5?
(a) The female dog is larger than the male dog.
(b) Both of the dogs are smaller than he expected.
(c) The male dog is larger than the female dog.
(d) Both dogs are larger than he expected.

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

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 going hunting without permission.
(c) For using her good scissors to cut a tin can.
(d) For leaving to pick up the puppies without telling her.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Billy and the puppies stop to rest on their journey home from Tahlequah?

2. Which of the following is NOT something Billy's grandfather agrees to do to help the boy purchase the puppies?

3. Where does the unnamed man assume the dog in Chapter 1 lives?

4. What does Billy's mother think has happened to him when he comes home yelling after visiting the traps in Chapter 7?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the significance of the abandoned campsite for Billy?

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

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

6. Where does the unnamed old man in Chapter 1 assume the hound lives? Why?

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

8. Describe the redbone hound in Chapter 1.

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

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

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