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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 does Papa believe would have prevented Billy from moving with the family at the end of the book?
2. What does Billy do to help himself see the dogs in the fog in Chapter 11?
3. What does Billy hear during the night in Chapter 15 that he takes as a bad omen?
4. How does Billy prepare Little Ann for the beauty contest?
5. Why does Billy end up sleeping under the wagon with his dogs in Chapter 16?
Short Essay Questions
1. What warnings do Billy's father and grandfather give him about hunting in bad weather?
2. How does Billy's family react to the news of the hunting competition?
3. Describe the role Old Blue plays in Chapter 13.
4. What does Billy do to prepare for the final round of the hunting competition?
5. Describe how Billy's dogs catch the first two raccoons of the final round of the hunting competition.
6. Describe the exchange that takes place between Billy, Grandpa and the Pritchard boys.
7. What do Papa and Billy do upon returning home from the hunting competition? How does the family react?
8. How does Papa believe the family's prayers have been answered in Chapter 19?
9. How is the "ghost coon" able to evade the dogs?
10. Describe the legend of the red fern.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Old Dan and Little Ann share many common traits, but they are also very different. Compare and contrast the two dogs focusing both on their physical and personality traits. Be sure to cite examples from the text 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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