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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Billy react in Chapter 6 when he discovers his mother's concern for his absence?
(a) He buries his head in her lap and cries.
(b) He is angry that his grandfather told his parents where he was.
(c) He is oblivious to her concern.
(d) He feels guilty and sad.

2. What does Billy do to try and gain an advantage on his night of hunting in the contest?
(a) Encourage the dogs.
(b) Give the dogs a pep talk.
(c) Take his father and grandfather along hunting.
(d) Move out of the over-hunted area.

3. How is Rubin Pritchard killed?
(a) He trips on branch and falls on his ax.
(b) His brother hits him with the ax.
(c) Billy's dogs attack him.
(d) Billy hits him with the ax when he tries to attack his dogs.

4. Where will Billy need to pick up his puppies?
(a) At a depot in Oklahoma.
(b) At his grandfather's store.
(c) At a depot in Kentucky.
(d) At the kennel he ordered them from.

5. How did Billy's father discover he had traveled to Tahlequah to pick up the puppies?
(a) He received a phone call from the Tahlequah depot stationmaster.
(b) He received a letter from the Tahlequah deport stationmaster.
(c) He was unaware of Billy's travels until the boy returned home.
(d) He talked to Billy's grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy discover when he climbs the ghost tree in Chapter 13?

2. What surprises Billy's grandfather about Little Ann and Old Dan's relationship?

3. What does Billy's grandfather tell Billy he will need to have to finish cutting down the tree?

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

5. How does Billy react when the women in Tahlequah criticize him while walking through town with his puppies?

(see the answer key)

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