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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 do to help himself see the dogs in the fog in Chapter 11?
(a) He shines his flashlight on the ice pack.
(b) He tries to put his lantern on the ice pack using a length of cane.
(c) He inches closer to the ice pack.
(d) He builds a fire near the shore of the river.

2. in Chapter 14, what concern about Little Ann does Billy share with his father?
(a) She is sometimes too small to climb a tree.
(b) She is gun shy.
(c) She cannot keep up with Old Dan.
(d) She is ill.

3. What is the significance of the red fern?
(a) It is rare and unusual.
(b) It usually only grows in warm climates.
(c) It is supposedly planted by an angel at the grave site of two children.
(d) It is supposedly a gift from God.

4. Why does Old Dan lure Billy out on to the ice pack?
(a) He is caught on the ice.
(b) He is caught in the freezing water.
(c) Little Ann is caught in the freezing water.
(d) Little Ann has located the raccoon.

5. What does Papa do to get Little Ann to come back to Billy in Chapter 17?
(a) He lures her back with a treat.
(b) He calls to her.
(c) He shoots his gun.
(d) He pretends to be a raccoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Pritchard boys refuse to give Billy his money back?

2. What event causes Little Ann to become sickly and weak?

3. What happens to Grandpa as the dogs chase their second raccoon?

4. What event at the beginning of Chapter 11 prevents Billy from hunting?

5. What does Grandpa give Billy in Chapter 15 that marks him as an adult?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Papa believe the family's prayers have been answered in Chapter 19?

2. What does Billy notice about the other dogs in the hunting competition?

3. Describe how Billy's dogs catch the first two raccoons of the final round of the hunting competition.

4. Years after leaving the Ozarks, what does Billy imagine he would find if he should ever visit the dogs' graves?

5. What does Mr. Benson tell Billy that concerns him? What does Billy discover is actually true?

6. Why doesn't Billy follow his dogs to the third raccoon in the final round of the hunting competition? What does he do instead?

7. How is the "ghost coon" able to evade the dogs?

8. What does Billy do to prepare for the final round of the hunting competition?

9. Describe the exchange that takes place between Billy, Grandpa and the Pritchard boys.

10. What are the rules of the hunting competition?

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