View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event at the beginning of Chapter 11 prevents Billy from hunting?
(a) A snow blizzard.
(b) The flu.
(c) The end of the hunting season.
(d) Injuries to his dogs.

2. Why does Billy end up sleeping under the wagon with his dogs in Chapter 16?
(a) His father's snoring keeps him awake.
(b) He does not want to be away from them.
(c) His grandfather's snoring keeps him awake.
(d) He wants to comfort his tired dogs.

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

4. Why does Billy visit his grandfather's store on the day he encounters the Pritchard boys?
(a) He is getting a sack of corn milled for his mother.
(b) He is purchasing hunting supplies.
(c) He is visiting his grandfather.
(d) He is dropping off pelts to be sold at the store.

5. What does Billy's mother suggest will make him feel better when Old Dan and Little Ann die?
(a) Praying to God.
(b) Getting new dogs.
(c) Eating dinner.
(d) Remembering the good times he had with the dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Little Ann die?

2. Where does Little Ann find the "ghost coon" after Billy believes the bet is over?

3. What does Billy's father show him to help him feel better when Old Dan and Little Ann die?

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

5. Why does Billy insist the group look for the dogs rather than wait for them to come back on their own?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What do Papa and Billy do upon returning home from the hunting competition? How does the family react?

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

8. Describe the struggle between Billy's dogs and the mountain lion.

9. Describe the legend of the red fern.

10. What are the rules of the hunting competition?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,055 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample