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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Billy visit his grandfather's store on the day he encounters the Pritchard boys?
(a) He is purchasing hunting supplies.
(b) He is visiting his grandfather.
(c) He is getting a sack of corn milled for his mother.
(d) He is dropping off pelts to be sold at the store.

2. How does Billy's grandfather help him get the item he needs to train the dogs as trackers?
(a) He gives Billy one he had from when he was a boy.
(b) He teaches Billy how to create a trap using a log, nails and a piece of tin.
(c) He gives Billy hunting traps to use.
(d) He purchases one for Billy from a local hunter.

3. How does Billy plan on paying his grandfather for the bag of candy he gets from his store?
(a) By working in his grandfather's store.
(b) With the earnings from the sale of his first coonskin.
(c) With the money he has saved.
(d) With money he got for his birthday.

4. What is significant about what Billy finds at the campsite?
(a) It contains an ad for hound puppies.
(b) It is outdated.
(c) It contains an article about hound puppies.
(d) It contains valuable hunting tips.

5. What does Billy find at the abandoned campsite?
(a) Money.
(b) An old tent.
(c) A sportsman's magazine.
(d) A hound puppy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What impresses the Tahlequah marshal about Billy?

2. How old is Billy when he finally has enough money to buy the puppies?

3. What does the Tahlequah schoolboy do that leads Billy to hit him in Chapter 5?

4. What does Papa instruct Billy to do to his traps once he has caught his first raccoon?

5. How does Billy's grandfather react when Billy shows him the money he has saved?

(see the answer key)

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