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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens to Grandpa as the dogs chase their second raccoon?
2. Why does Billy end up sleeping under the wagon with his dogs in Chapter 16?
3. Which night does Billy draw to hunt in the contest?
4. How is Rubin Pritchard killed?
5. What does Papa believe would have prevented Billy from moving with the family at the end of the book?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Mr. Benson tell Billy that concerns him? What does Billy discover is actually true?
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. Describe the exchange that takes place between Billy, Grandpa and the Pritchard boys.
5. Describe the struggle between Billy's dogs and the mountain lion.
6. What does Billy do to prepare for the final round of the hunting competition?
7. Describe the role Old Blue plays in Chapter 13.
8. What do Papa and Billy do upon returning home from the hunting competition? How does the family react?
9. How is the "ghost coon" able to evade the dogs?
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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
One of the themes Where the Red Fern Grows address is perseverance. Discuss what the novel has to say about this theme. Cite several specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.
Essay Topic 2
In Where the Red Fern Grows the author uses several recurrent symbols. Choose two of the following symbols (red fern, raccoons, the lantern, the ax, the abandoned campsite, the river) and
1) describe how the symbol is presented in the novel
2) discuss the significance and impact of the symbol on the plot and character development.
Be sure to cite specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.
Essay Topic 3
One of the themes Where the Red Fern Grows address is man vs. nature. Discuss what the novel has to say about this theme. Cite several specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.
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