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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Billy feel badly for scolding Little Ann when they return to the sycamore tree in Chapter 9?
(a) He realizes she is responsible for finding the coon.
(b) She is the more sensitive of the two dogs.
(c) She looks sad and despondent.
(d) He sees that she also returned to the tree during the night.

2. Where does the unnamed man assume the dog in Chapter 1 lives?
(a) In the woods.
(b) Snake River.
(c) Idaho.
(d) The Ozark Mountains.

3. What does the unnamed man in Chapter 1 conclude about the dog after noticing his paws are worn?
(a) He has walked through the woods.
(b) He has been taken hunting many times.
(c) He has traveled a long way.
(d) He has been abused.

4. Why does Billy apologize to the sycamore tree?
(a) He is ambivalent about hunting.
(b) He believes God destroyed it for him.
(c) He had to destroy it to honor his promise to the dogs.
(d) He injured it severely by chopping it, yet was unable to chop it down.

5. What does Billy's grandfather suggest in Chapter 9 the boy do to keep the coon in the tree while he goes home to rest?
(a) Take the dogs home with him.
(b) Tie the dogs to the tree.
(c) Construct and place a scarecrow at the base of the tree.
(d) Command the dogs to lie down at the base of the tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of dog is being attacked by the other dogs in Chapter 1?

2. What does Billy trap in his new hunting traps in Chapter 2?

3. What does Mama make out of Billy's first coonskin?

4. Which of the following is NOT a way that the unnamed man in Chapter 1 helps the dog?

5. What does Billy use to make collars for the puppies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the abandoned campsite for Billy?

2. Describe the actions Billy takes to earn enough money to purchase two hound puppies.

3. Where does the unnamed old man in Chapter 1 assume the hound lives? Why?

4. How do the puppies react to the first raccoon that they encounter?

5. Describe "The Big Tree".

6. Compare and contrast Billy and his father's views of the town of Tahlequah.

7. What does Billy do with the money he earns from hunting? Why does he do this?

8. Describe the redbone hound in Chapter 1.

9. What character traits does Billy exhibit when the children on the playground in Tahlequah harass his dogs? How does he demonstrate these traits?

10. How does Billy train the dogs to track raccoons?

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