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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Three, how does the hawk react when Ben tries to watch it eat?
(a) It flies away.
(b) It doesn't see him.
(c) It attacks him.
(d) It allows him to watch.

2. By dawn of the second morning caught in the trap, what has the female badger accomplished?
(a) She has drug the trap forty feet closer to the den.
(b) She has accomplished nothing.
(c) She has completely freed herself from the trap.
(d) She has chewed the trap free from the chain.

3. What is William's response to the search party giving up in Chapter Nine?
(a) He agrees that it is probably hopeless.
(b) He calls his neighbors traitors.
(c) His family will not give up.
(d) He is angry with the neighbors.

4. What effect does hearing the dying cries of the pups have on the badger while she is stuck in the trap?
(a) It convinces her to leave the area.
(b) It makes her give up.
(c) It has no effect.
(d) It gives her another burst of energy.

5. What scent does the female badger encounter and ignore that her mate later smells during Chapter Four?
(a) Sardines.
(b) Humans.
(c) Wolves.
(d) Prairie dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ben notice when he examines the badger's body that assures him it's not the badger he met?

2. When the other children return home from school, William asks John to continue the search for Ben in which direction?

3. For what reason is Ben eager to start school?

4. How does the female badger free herself from the trap?

5. As Chapter Five opens, Burton arrives at the MacDonald farm just in time for what?

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