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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ben react to seeing the badger Burton caught?
(a) He says nothing.
(b) He yells and screams.
(c) He runs away.
(d) He congratulates Burton.

2. As Chapter Eight opens, which of the following is NOT a reason Ben is having trouble sleeping?
(a) Thought he heard someone calling his name.
(b) He keeps expecting the badger to return.
(c) The storm is keeping him awake.
(d) He is not tired.

3. How does Ben react when William begins to skin the male badger?
(a) He begins to laugh hysterically.
(b) He throws himself on top of the badger's body.
(c) He shrieks and knocks the knife out of William's hand.
(d) He screams and runs away.

4. Burton says, when the search party is unable to locate Ben, that the boy must have gone where?
(a) Into the woods.
(b) Run away into town.
(c) Washed away in the stream.
(d) Straight up or straight down.

5. According to the author at the end of Chapter Two, a normal life span for a badger is how long?
(a) Fourteen years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Twenty-five years.
(d) Ten years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ben find to eat in Chapter Eight, though it is rather unpleasant?

2. Toward the end of Chapter Two, the author states that the gestation period for badgers is how long?

3. What occurs to Ben when he awakens after his first night in the badger den?

4. What noise does the author say Ben makes in Chapter Three that seems to soothe any animal?

5. In Chapter Three, what animal does Ben most wish he could turn into?

(see the answer key)

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