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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the children at the playground in Tahlequah make fun of Billy?
(a) His hair needs to be cut.
(b) They say he looks like a hillbilly because he is not wearing shoes.
(c) They can tell he lives in another state.
(d) He is not attending school.

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

3. What type of dog is being attacked by the other dogs in Chapter 1?
(a) An Irish setter.
(b) A retriever.
(c) A bloodhound.
(d) A redbone hound dog.

4. Why does Old Dan leave Billy's home during the night in Chapter 9?
(a) To find Little Ann.
(b) To track another coon.
(c) To swim in the river.
(d) To return to the tree where the coon is.

5. Based on the unnamed man's actions at the end of Chapter 1, what is likely to be the focus of the Chapter 2?
(a) A flashback to the man's childhood.
(b) A flashback to the man's marriage.
(c) The man's search for the redbone hound.
(d) The man's daily routine.

6. What does Little Ann do in Chapter 8 that shows Billy she has not fallen for the raccoon's trick?
(a) She runs up a tree to find him.
(b) She convinces Old Dan to swim across the river.
(c) She swims across the river to find his scent.
(d) She follows the original trail instead of the new one that the raccoon lays.

7. What does Billy observe the boys at the playground in Tahlequah doing that he wants to try for himself?
(a) Playing ball.
(b) Swinging on the swings.
(c) Sliding down a pipe.
(d) Seesawing.

8. At the age of ten, what does Billy desperately want to have?
(a) Two dogs.
(b) A dog.
(c) A brother.
(d) A gun.

9. What information does Billy's father give him in Chapter 6 about town life that surprises Billy?
(a) He intends to move the family to town at some point in the future.
(b) His father has never been into a town.
(c) He intends to move to town to open a store.
(d) His father grew up in a town like Tahlequah.

10. 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 tries to steal the puppies.
(c) The boy steps on Billy's bare foot with his cowboy boot.
(d) The boy makes fun of Billy's appearance.

11. Which of the following is NOT a way that the unnamed man in Chapter 1 helps the dog?
(a) He rescues him from the pack of dogs who are attacking him.
(b) He bathes and feeds him.
(c) He allows him to rest.
(d) He takes him to a vet.

12. How does Billy react when the women in Tahlequah criticize him while walking through town with his puppies?
(a) He ignores their comments.
(b) He makes fun of the feathers in their hats.
(c) He begins crying.
(d) He gets into a fight with the women.

13. What prevents Billy's parents from buying him the puppies he wants?
(a) They do not believe he will take care of them.
(b) They cannot afford them.
(c) They are not available in the area they live in.
(d) They do not want to have pets.

14. How does the woman watching Billy play in the playground in Tahlequah react to what happens to Billy?
(a) She laughs at him.
(b) She reports him to the school principal.
(c) She rushes over to help him.
(d) She is disgusted by his appearance.

15. What does Billy notice about the size of the puppies in Chapter 5?
(a) Both of the dogs are smaller than he expected.
(b) The female dog is larger than the male dog.
(c) The male dog is larger than the female dog.
(d) Both dogs are larger than he expected.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Little Ann do just as Billy is about to move the dogs to a new location in Chapter 8?

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

3. Who arrives to check on Billy in Chapter 8 when he has not returned home from hunting by morning?

4. Upon bringing them home, where does Billy intend for the puppies to sleep?

5. What does Billy's mother think has happened to him when he comes home yelling after visiting the traps in Chapter 7?

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