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

2. What happens to Grandpa while searching for Old Dan in the storm?
(a) He must stop to take a rest.
(b) He becomes dehydrated.
(c) He hurts his ankle.
(d) He falls and knocks himself unconscious and injures his ankle.

3. Why does Billy decide not to kill the "ghost coon"?
(a) He believes killing animals is immoral.
(b) When the raccoon cries, Billy is sympathetic to its feelings.
(c) He wants to allow the dogs to kill it.
(d) His grandfather tells him not to kill it.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem do the dogs face when the raccoon leads them to the river in Chapter 11?

2. What happens to Grandpa as the dogs chase their second raccoon?

3. in Chapter 14, what concern about Little Ann does Billy share with his father?

4. Why does Billy insist the group look for the dogs rather than wait for them to come back on their own?

5. Which of the following is NOT something Billy believes would be at the dogs' grave sites years later?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the exchange that takes place between Billy, Grandpa and the Pritchard boys.

2. Describe the struggle between Billy's dogs and the mountain lion.

3. Describe how Billy's dogs catch the first two raccoons of the final round of the hunting competition.

4. What are the rules of the hunting competition?

5. What does Billy notice about the other dogs in the hunting competition?

6. How does Papa believe the family's prayers have been answered in Chapter 19?

7. Why doesn't Billy follow his dogs to the third raccoon in the final round of the hunting competition? What does he do instead?

8. What warnings do Billy's father and grandfather give him about hunting in bad weather?

9. Describe how Billy's dogs catch the three raccoons that put him in the running for the gold cup.

10. How is the "ghost coon" able to evade the dogs?

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