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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 interesting thing does Penny witness a maimed wolf doing on his property?
(a) Howling at the sun.
(b) Hunting for sweet potatoes in the field.
(c) Climbing the fence to get to the chickens.
(d) Playing with the family dogs.

2. After their second calf is killed by Old Slewfoot, which of the following best describes the atmosphere as Penny and Jody hunt the bear?
(a) Filled with hate.
(b) Filled with hope.
(c) Filled with awe.
(d) Filled with terror.

3. Who is Nellie Ginright?
(a) Penny's old girlfriend.
(b) Ma Baxter's best friend.
(c) A female scientist studying the behaviors of bears.
(d) The town's school teacher.

4. 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 rheumatism.
(c) He has caught the plague.
(d) He has a fever.

5. How many days does it take Jody to build the fence?
(a) Six days.
(b) Twenty-one days.
(c) Thirty days.
(d) Twelve days.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month does the Baxter family experience their first frost of the year?

2. How do the Baxters carry the body of Old Slewfoot back to their home?

3. How many wolves invade the Baxter family farm?

4. Why have the Forrester brothers traveled to Kentucky at the time Flag reaches his fate?

5. What crop of the Baxter family is described as "rotting in the ground"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens during the middle of the night, prompting Ma Baxter to ban Flag from entering the house?

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

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

4. How does Jody build the fence that protects the corn crops from Flag?

5. What happens when Jody is asked to pen Flag?

6. What are Jody's final thoughts at the close of the novel?

7. How does Penny propose that they get the fabric Ma requested for her Christmas dress?

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

9. What plan does Jody concoct to try to save Flag from being shot?

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

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