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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 is Billy concerned about entering one of the dogs into the best looking dog contest?
(a) He does not want to hurt the feelings of either dog.
(b) He is not concerned about their looks, only their hunting abilities.
(c) He believes they are too small.
(d) He is afraid of losing the contest.

2. How is Rubin Pritchard killed?
(a) He trips on branch and falls on his ax.
(b) Billy's dogs attack him.
(c) Billy hits him with the ax when he tries to attack his dogs.
(d) His brother hits him with the ax.

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

4. How does Billy react when his grandfather tells him he has entered him into the hunting contest?
(a) He is surprised.
(b) He is put off.
(c) He is honored.
(d) He is ecstatic.

5. What event causes Little Ann to become sickly and weak?
(a) Old Dan's death.
(b) The end of hunting season.
(c) Billy's illness.
(d) The mountain lion's attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What challenge do the Pritchard boys pose for Billy and the dogs?

2. Why does Little Ann stop barking when she trees the "ghost coon"?

3. When did Billy return to the Ozarks to visit the dogs' graves?

4. Who does Billy think has planted the red fern?

5. Where does the "ghost coon" ultimately head for at the end of Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the role Old Blue plays in Chapter 13.

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

4. How does Billy's family react to the news of the hunting competition?

5. What are the rules of the hunting competition?

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

7. Describe how Billy's dogs catch the three raccoons that put him in the running for the gold cup.

8. Why does Rainie Pritchard suggest that Billy should accept that his dogs cannot catch the "ghost coon"?

9. Describe Billy's thoughts as he travels from his grandfather's store to his family's home after finding out about the hunting competition.

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

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