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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 concerns Billy about Old Dan's behavior when he trees the animal in Chapter 18?
2. What does Papa believe would have prevented Billy from moving with the family at the end of the book?
3. Who does Billy's grandfather hold partly responsible for Rubin's death?
4. Why does Old Dan lure Billy out on to the ice pack?
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. Why does Rainie Pritchard suggest that Billy should accept that his dogs cannot catch the "ghost coon"?
2. How is the "ghost coon" able to evade the dogs?
3. Years after leaving the Ozarks, what does Billy imagine he would find if he should ever visit the dogs' graves?
4. What does Billy notice about the other dogs in the hunting competition?
5. Describe the exchange that takes place between Billy, Grandpa and the Pritchard boys.
6. What does Mr. Benson tell Billy that concerns him? What does Billy discover is actually true?
7. How does Papa believe the family's prayers have been answered in Chapter 19?
8. Describe the legend of the red fern.
9. What warnings do Billy's father and grandfather give him about hunting in bad weather?
10. What are the rules of the hunting competition?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Billy goes through several rites of passage in this novel. Describe at least two events that help usher him into adulthood. Then discuss how these events help make him a "man." Be sure to cite several 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 topic Where the Red Fern Grows address is the contrast between town and rural life. Discuss what the novel has to say about this topic. Cite several specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.
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