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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. Which of the following is NOT something Billy believes would be at the dogs' grave sites years later?
2. Why does Billy decide not to kill the "ghost coon"?
3. What does Billy's mother suggest will make him feel better when Old Dan and Little Ann die?
4. What does Billy realize when he hears Old Dan bay while out on the ice?
5. What does Billy find when he visits to the dogs' graves before leaving home?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe how Billy's dogs catch the first two raccoons of the final round of the hunting competition.
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. How does Billy's family react to the news of the hunting competition?
4. What does Billy notice about the other dogs in the hunting competition?
5. How is the "ghost coon" able to evade the dogs?
6. What warnings do Billy's father and grandfather give him about hunting in bad weather?
7. Describe the struggle between Billy's dogs and the mountain lion.
8. Why does Rainie Pritchard suggest that Billy should accept that his dogs cannot catch the "ghost coon"?
9. Describe the legend of the red fern.
10. What are the rules of the hunting competition?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Wilson Rawls uses a frame story in this novel. Describe the frame story and discuss how it relates to the main plot line. Then comment on how the novel would be different if the frame story was removed. Be sure to cite examples from the text to support your ideas.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
One of the themes Where the Red Fern Grows address is spirituality/religion. 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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