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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 amazes the other hunters about Old Dan and Little Ann's actions after chasing the raccoon through the river?
(a) They do not lose the scent of the raccoon when he goes in the water.
(b) They tend to each others' wounds before continuing to hunt.
(c) They are not tired from swimming.
(d) They are able to swim even though they are small.

2. What does Papa believe would have prevented Billy from moving with the family at the end of the book?
(a) Hunting with the dogs.
(b) A desire to stay near the dogs' graves.
(c) A desire to stay near the river.
(d) His grief over the dogs' deaths.

3. Why does Billy decide not to kill the "ghost coon"?
(a) When the raccoon cries, Billy is sympathetic to its feelings.
(b) He believes killing animals is immoral.
(c) He wants to allow the dogs to kill it.
(d) His grandfather tells him not to kill it.

4. Where do the dogs chase a raccoon to in Chapter 11?
(a) Billy's family's home.
(b) A tree.
(c) Tahlequah.
(d) The river.

5. What surprises the hunting contest judge about Billy's dogs' final catch?
(a) They chased the raccoon for miles.
(b) They were able to find the raccoon again after he walked a rail fence.
(c) They worked together to tree the raccoon.
(d) They did not give up even though it was daybreak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What criteria must all entrants into the hunting contest in Chapter 14 meet?

2. What does Billy hear during the night in Chapter 15 that he takes as a bad omen?

3. What does Billy's mother suggest will make him feel better when Old Dan and Little Ann die?

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

5. Where does Billy bury the dogs when they die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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