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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Billy insist the group look for the dogs rather than wait for them to come back on their own?
(a) He does not feel confident they can find their way back.
(b) They are hunting in an unfamiliar area.
(c) He knows Old Dan will never leave a treed raccoon.
(d) He knows Little Ann will never leave a treed raccoon.

4. Why does Billy visit his grandfather's store on the day he encounters the Pritchard boys?
(a) He is dropping off pelts to be sold at the store.
(b) He is purchasing hunting supplies.
(c) He is visiting his grandfather.
(d) He is getting a sack of corn milled for his mother.

5. What does Papa believe would have prevented Billy from moving with the family at the end of the book?
(a) A desire to stay near the river.
(b) Hunting with the dogs.
(c) A desire to stay near the dogs' graves.
(d) His grief over the dogs' deaths.

6. Who does Billy's grandfather hold partly responsible for Rubin's death?
(a) The "ghost coon".
(b) Billy.
(c) Himself.
(d) Rubin.

7. Whose bragging helps build Billy's reputation as a hunter?
(a) His mother's.
(b) His father's.
(c) His grandfather's.
(d) His own.

8. Who lays next to Old Dan's dead body before it is buried?
(a) Little Ann.
(b) Billy and Little Ann.
(c) Billy's sisters.
(d) Billy.

9. What happens to Grandpa as the dogs chase their second raccoon?
(a) He is unable to keep up with the group.
(b) He falls into the river.
(c) He becomes ill.
(d) He is stricken by laughter.

10. What challenge emerges at the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) Another hunter catches a raccoon.
(b) It begins sleeting.
(c) It grows dark.
(d) The jackpot for the contest rises.

11. Why does Little Ann stop barking when she trees the "ghost coon"?
(a) She has lost his scent.
(b) She is unsure that he is actually in the tree.
(c) She is waiting for Billy to arrive.
(d) She is waiting for Old Dan to arrive.

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

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

14. Why do the Pritchard boys refuse to give Billy his money back?
(a) They are unfair.
(b) They believe that the dogs must kill the raccoon in order for the bet to be won.
(c) They say he owed them the money.
(d) They are cowards.

15. What does Billy's father show him to help him feel better when Old Dan and Little Ann die?
(a) A new puppy.
(b) The money he earned through hunting.
(c) A grave marker he made for the dogs.
(d) The home the family is buying in town.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Billy prepare Little Ann for the beauty contest?

2. Who becomes separated from the group during the storm?

3. Which night does Billy draw to hunt in the contest?

4. What event at the beginning of Chapter 11 prevents Billy from hunting?

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

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