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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event at the beginning of Chapter 11 prevents Billy from hunting?
(a) Injuries to his dogs.
(b) The flu.
(c) A snow blizzard.
(d) The end of the hunting season.

2. How does Billy prepare Little Ann for the beauty contest?
(a) By telling her she is a beautiful dog.
(b) By brushing and rubbing hair oil into her hair.
(c) By teaching her commands.
(d) By brushing and rubbing butter into her hair.

3. Where do the dogs chase a raccoon to in Chapter 11?
(a) A tree.
(b) Tahlequah.
(c) The river.
(d) Billy's family's home.

4. What is the significance of the red fern?
(a) It usually only grows in warm climates.
(b) It is rare and unusual.
(c) It is supposedly a gift from God.
(d) It is supposedly planted by an angel at the grave site of two children.

5. What does Billy's mother suggest will make him feel better when Old Dan and Little Ann die?
(a) Praying to God.
(b) Remembering the good times he had with the dogs.
(c) Getting new dogs.
(d) Eating dinner.

6. What does Billy discover when he climbs the ghost tree in Chapter 13?
(a) The tree is still blooming.
(b) The raccoon is not there.
(c) The raccoon is treed in it.
(d) The raccoon was never there.

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

8. How does the animal in Chapter 18 react to Old Dan's threat?
(a) It hides in the tree.
(b) It attacks Little Ann.
(c) It attacks Old Dan.
(d) It runs away.

9. What surprises Billy's grandfather about Little Ann and Old Dan's relationship?
(a) They are like a mother and child.
(b) They share everything.
(c) They are not competitive.
(d) They compliment each other well.

10. What does Papa do to get Little Ann to come back to Billy in Chapter 17?
(a) He calls to her.
(b) He shoots his gun.
(c) He pretends to be a raccoon.
(d) He lures her back with a treat.

11. Where does the "ghost coon" ultimately head for at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) An old field.
(b) The tallest tree in the forest.
(c) The ghost tree.
(d) Billy's home.

12. What concerns Billy about Old Dan's behavior when he trees the animal in Chapter 18?
(a) He will not leave the tree.
(b) He abandons Little Ann.
(c) He tries to climb the tree.
(d) He growls and bears his teeth.

13. Who becomes separated from the group during the storm?
(a) Grandpa.
(b) The judge.
(c) Papa.
(d) Billy.

14. What does Grandpa give Billy in Chapter 15 that marks him as an adult?
(a) A cup of coffee.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) A gun.
(d) Money.

15. Which of the following is NOT something Billy believes would be at the dogs' grave sites years later?
(a) The grave marker his father made.
(b) Red oaks.
(c) An old rusty lantern.
(d) Red fern.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many raccoons do Billy and the dogs catch during the hunting contest?

2. Where does Billy's family move to in Chapter 19?

3. What does Billy's grandfather tell the boy he must bring with him to the hunting contest?

4. Where does Billy bury the dogs when they die?

5. Who ultimately kills the large scary animal in Chapter 18 that Old Dan had treed?

(see the answer keys)

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