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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 challenge do the Pritchard boys pose for Billy and the dogs?
(a) Selling the most pelts.
(b) Treeing the "ghost coon."
(c) Catching the biggest raccoon.
(d) Catching more raccoons than they have caught.

2. Where does Billy bury the dogs when they die?
(a) Near the river.
(b) Next to the family's cabin.
(c) At the base of a red oak tree.
(d) Under a sycamore tree.

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

4. What does Billy discover when he climbs the ghost tree in Chapter 13?
(a) The raccoon is treed in it.
(b) The raccoon is not there.
(c) The raccoon was never there.
(d) The tree is still blooming.

5. What criteria must all entrants into the hunting contest in Chapter 14 meet?
(a) They must be at least 18 years old.
(b) They need to have caught a certain number of raccoons.
(c) They must be seasoned hunters.
(d) They only have to pay a registration fee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the significance of the red fern?

2. What challenge emerges at the beginning of Chapter 17?

3. in Chapter 14, what concern about Little Ann does Billy share with his father?

4. Who ultimately kills the large scary animal in Chapter 18 that Old Dan had treed?

5. Why does Billy end up sleeping under the wagon with his dogs in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are the rules of the hunting competition?

4. What warnings do Billy's father and grandfather give him about hunting in bad weather?

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

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. Describe the role Old Blue plays in Chapter 13.

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

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

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