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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. What happens after Flag goes wandering through the house at night and nuzzles Ma while she is sleeping?
(a) Ma demands that Jody set Flag free in the woods.
(b) Ma's feelings toward Flag change and she welcomes him into the family.
(c) Ma bans Flag from the house.
(d) Ma demands that Penny shoot Flag.

2. After Penny injures himself uprooting the tree stump, why won't he call for Doc Wilson?
(a) Because he will have to pass through the Forrester property to get there.
(b) Because he still owes the doctor money.
(c) Because he no longer trusts the doctor's judgment.
(d) Because he knows the doctor is away on business.

3. Why does Penny explain that it was necessary to lie to Oliver Hutto?
(a) Because the Forresters would never be convicted of their crime.
(b) Because Oliver would never have believed the truth.
(c) Because the Forresters would have lied to the judges.
(d) Because the Forresters hadn't really done anything wrong.

4. Why does Lem Forrester throw Penny against the wall?
(a) Because he believes that Penny is abusing his dog.
(b) Because he believes that Penny stole from him.
(c) Because he believes that Penny lied to him.
(d) Because he believes that Penny killed Fodder Wing.

5. 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 Penny can't swim.
(d) Because their dog won't go in the water.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many wolves invade the Baxter family farm?

2. At the end of the novel, what does Jody realize is the only thing that can bring him comfort?

3. What color is Twink's hair?

4. When Jody and Flag return home after searching for help in Flag's fate, where do the pair spend the night?

5. What is the name of the plague that is sweeping through the woods?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the Baxter and Forrester men glad that Fodder Wing is not alive to prowl the woods with them?

2. After Flag dies, how does Jody plan to escape to Boston?

3. What is the response to Jody's ability at planting the tobacco seeds?

4. How is Penny coping with his groin injury at the time of Flag's bad behavior?

5. How does it happen that Jody kills his first bear?

6. After hunting the wolves in the woods, why must Penny put all his trust in Buck Forrester?

7. How can Jody tell that Flag is beginning to mature into a buck?

8. What prompts Jody to change his opinion of Twink?

9. Why are all the animals in the woods dying, and what does Jody fear in this realization?

10. What happens to make the Baxter family realize that Old Slewfoot has returned?

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