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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After his father's attack, what relationship does Jody have with the animal that attacked him?
(a) He swears to avenge his father's attack.
(b) He kills the animal that attacked his father.
(c) He is forever terrified of the animal that attacked his father.
(d) He dreams about the animal that attacked his father.

2. Where has Oliver Hutto been living, before he returns to Grandma Hutto's home?
(a) Out at sea.
(b) Deep in the woods.
(c) In the desert.
(d) On a small island.

3. How long does Penny say Julia must mend before she will be well enough to hunt Old Slewfoot again?
(a) One year.
(b) One month.
(c) One day.
(d) One week.

4. How does Ma Baxter feel about Buck Forrester staying in their home?
(a) She is incredibly excited.
(b) She is completely apathetic.
(c) She is warming to him.
(d) She is outraged at the idea.

5. Which of the following adjectives best describes Ma Baxter's opinion of the Forrester family?
(a) Envy.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Disgust.
(d) Admiration.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual animal does the Baxter family have drying in their smoke house?

2. From whom does Penny borrow a mare to travel home?

3. Buck considers what animals to be vandals in the cornfield?

4. After his father's attack, what chore does Jody complete on his own for the first time in his life?

5. How many dogs does the Baxter family own?

Short Essay Questions

1. Jody and his father have what reaction to Fodder Wing's baby raccoon?

2. How does the Baxter family prepare the buck that Penny shoots with his new gun?

3. How did Fodder Wing earn his nickname, and what was the result of his accident?

4. What reaction does Jody have when Old Slewfoot kills the Baxter family's pregnant sow?

5. What happens when the Forrester boys wake up, thinking that they hear a "varmint" scratching around their mother's bedpost?

6. While walking to the fishing hole, what does Penny inform Jody about the Minorcans?

7. What plan does Jody concoct to persuade his parents that he is mature enough to take on the fawn as a pet?

8. What significant even happened when Jody Baxter was two years old?

9. While Penny and Jody are hunting for Grandma Hutto, a buck is killed. Describe both Jody's and Penny's roles in the buck's death.

10. How does the Baxter family feel about the need to have a watering well?

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