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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the boy dog demonstrate his courage in this chapter?
(a) He protects Billy and the girl puppy
(b) He chases a raccoon
(c) He chases a mountain lion
(d) He barks at the cries of a mountain lion

2. What does the Tahlequah schoolboy do that leads Billy to hit him in Chapter 5?
(a) The boy pulls the ears of one of the puppies.
(b) The boy makes fun of Billy's appearance.
(c) The boy steps on Billy's bare foot with his cowboy boot.
(d) The boy tries to steal the puppies.

3. What does Billy do each morning when he returns home from hunting?
(a) Cares for the dogs' feet.
(b) Goes to work in the fields with his father.
(c) Helps his mother with chores.
(d) Eats breakfast and goes to bed.

4. What does Billy hear during the night in Chapter 15 that he takes as a bad omen?
(a) The sound of screech owls.
(b) Old Dan baying.
(c) A storm coming.
(d) The sound of mockingbirds.

5. What does Billy do to prevent Old Dan from entering the hollow tree again?
(a) He moves the dogs to another area of the woods to hunt.
(b) He punishes him for going up the tree.
(c) He cuts the tree down.
(d) He plugs the hole with rocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandpa give Billy in Chapter 15 that marks him as an adult?

2. What happens to Old Dan when he follows a raccoon under water during a hunt?

3. Where does Billy camp with the puppies in Chapter 5?

4. Why does Billy try to get the dogs to stay at home when he takes hides to his grandfather's store?

5. What does Mama make out of Billy's first coonskin?

(see the answer key)

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