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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Billy become concerned when the Tahlequah marshal breaks up the fight?
(a) He thinks the marshal will also hit him.
(b) He thinks the marshal will arrest him.
(c) He is afraid the marshal will put him in jail for fighting.
(d) He is afraid the marshal will confiscate the puppies.

2. What secret does Billy's grandfather keep for him?
(a) His hound puppy purchase.
(b) His plan to save money to order the hound puppies.
(c) His plan to run away from home to become a hunter.
(d) His continued interest in getting two puppies.

3. How does Billy's overwhelming desire for hound puppies affect him physically?
(a) He stops speaking.
(b) He loses his appetite.
(c) He becomes angry and violent.
(d) He is unable to complete his chores.

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

5. What does Papa instruct Billy to do to his traps once he has caught his first raccoon?
(a) Take the traps apart and never hunt again.
(b) Move his traps to another location.
(c) Move the traps to the house to save for later.
(d) Take the traps apart and only use the pups to hunt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the age of ten, what does Billy desperately want to have?

3. Where does the unnamed man assume the dog in Chapter 1 lives?

4. How does Billy's grandfather help him get the item he needs to train the dogs as trackers?

5. Who does the unnamed man in Chapter 1 notice fighting as he walks home?

(see the answer key)

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