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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Billy when he tries to join in with the activity the children at the playground in Tahlequah are participating in?
(a) The children laugh at him.
(b) He splatters on to the ground.
(c) He gets caught on the pipe.
(d) He is too frightened to slide down.

2. How long does it take Billy to catch his first raccoon in the traps?
(a) One day.
(b) More than a month.
(c) More than a week.
(d) Exactly one week.

3. What does Billy use as a piggy bank?
(a) An old baking powder can.
(b) An old soda can.
(c) An old sock.
(d) A jar.

4. What does Billy's mother think has happened to him when he comes home yelling after visiting the traps in Chapter 7?
(a) He has been bitten by a snake.
(b) One of the puppies has become injured.
(c) He has caught a raccoon.
(d) He has been bitten by a raccoon.

5. What does Billy's grandfather tell him that raccoons cannot resist?
(a) Fallen logs.
(b) Shiny objects.
(c) Food.
(d) Hunters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose bragging helps build Billy's reputation as a hunter?

2. Why does Billy decide not to kill the "ghost coon"?

3. How does Billy first react when he sees the puppies?

4. Why does Billy insist the group look for the dogs rather than wait for them to come back on their own?

5. Why does Billy think the sycamore tree falling is an example of divine intervention?

(see the answer key)

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