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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal do the Baxter and Forrester men trap and plan to sell on the coast for a hefty profit?
(a) Bear cubs.
(b) Flying squirrels.
(c) Albino raccoons.
(d) Ten-point bucks.

2. Why have the Forrester brothers traveled to Kentucky at the time Flag reaches his fate?
(a) To trade horses.
(b) To play cards.
(c) To sell the bear cubs.
(d) To start working a new farm.

3. While searching the woods, what animal do the men discover has migrated north?
(a) The squirrels.
(b) The panthers.
(c) The deer.
(d) The bears.

4. After Christmas, to what does Jody compare the members of the Hutto family?
(a) Soldiers fighting a far away war.
(b) Baby birds that were taken too soon from their mother.
(c) Characters in a fairy tale.
(d) International spies.

5. Where does Jody hope to sell Flag to keep him away from his father's gun?
(a) To a butcher shop.
(b) To a zoo.
(c) To a park where people feed deer.
(d) To a rich child who would want Flag as a pet.

6. How do the Baxters carry the body of Old Slewfoot back to their home?
(a) They carry his body over their shoulders.
(b) They only carry his body as far as Fort Gates.
(c) The Forresters arrive to help them.
(d) They float him on a boat lent from Nellie Ginright.

7. Why don't Penny and Jody follow Old Slewfoot when they see him crossing the river?
(a) Because Jody can't swim.
(b) Because the water is too cold for them to survive the crossing.
(c) Because their dog won't go in the water.
(d) Because Penny can't swim.

8. During a fight, what does Ma Baxter state that Penny's heart is made of?
(a) Butter.
(b) Stone.
(c) Lard.
(d) Glass.

9. After the storm, why does the Baxter family suddenly have less milk than usual?
(a) Because the fawn drank the cow's milk.
(b) Because the cow fed its milk to its calf.
(c) Because the cow died in the storm.
(d) Because the Forresters stole the Baxter family cow.

10. Which of the following characters does NOT enter the woods to search for damages from the storm?
(a) Buck Forrester.
(b) Mill Wheel Forrester.
(c) Penny Baxter.
(d) Lem Forrester.

11. When Jody and Flag return home after searching for help in Flag's fate, where do the pair spend the night?
(a) Out on the porch.
(b) In Jody's bed.
(c) In the horse stall.
(d) Deep in the woods.

12. Why is Penny laid up in the month of February, unable to complete any chores around the farm?
(a) He has a shotgun injury to his leg.
(b) He has caught the plague.
(c) He has rheumatism.
(d) He has a fever.

13. Why are the Baxter men called to hunt with the Forresters after they initially declined?
(a) Because the Forresters weren't able to build traps that could contain the wolves.
(b) Because the poisoning didn't kill all of the wolves.
(c) Because the wolves are growing in numbers.
(d) Because the wolves retaliated and killed one of the Forrester men.

14. Who is the only member of the Baxter family to kill one of the invading wolves?
(a) Ma Baxter.
(b) Flag.
(c) Jody.
(d) Old Julia.

15. How many wolves invade the Baxter family farm?
(a) Five.
(b) One dozen.
(c) Two.
(d) Three dozen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Ma use to refer to Twink?

2. Which character says, "It grieves me..." to see that Jody is growing up so fast?

3. Why does Penny explain that it was necessary to lie to Oliver Hutto?

4. What does Jody make from the bright red Cherokee beans that he finds in the woods?

5. Who is Nellie Ginright?

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