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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 happens to Grandpa as the dogs chase their second raccoon?
(a) He is stricken by laughter.
(b) He falls into the river.
(c) He is unable to keep up with the group.
(d) He becomes ill.

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

3. What does Billy finally notice about his mother as the family discusses the hunting competition over dinner?
(a) She truly loves his father.
(b) She is supportive of his hunting career.
(c) She is kind and understanding.
(d) She is pregnant.

4. Which night does Billy draw to hunt in the contest?
(a) The last night.
(b) The first night.
(c) The fourth night.
(d) The third night.

5. How does the group find Old Dan in Chapter 17?
(a) They hear him baying.
(b) They follow the coon.
(c) Little Ann leads them to him.
(d) They call to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Billy's family move to in Chapter 19?

2. Where does Little Ann die?

3. How does Rainie Pritchard characterize Billy's grandfather?

4. Why do the dogs pounce on a large scary animal in Chapter 18 that Old Dan had treed?

5. Who becomes separated from the group during the storm?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the legend of the red fern.

10. What does Billy do to try and rescue Little Ann from the freezing river?

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