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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. How many raccoons do Billy and the dogs catch during the hunting contest?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.
2. Who lays next to Old Dan's dead body before it is buried?
(a) Billy and Little Ann.
(b) Billy.
(c) Billy's sisters.
(d) Little Ann.
3. Why does Billy end up sleeping under the wagon with his dogs in Chapter 16?
(a) His father's snoring keeps him awake.
(b) He wants to comfort his tired dogs.
(c) He does not want to be away from them.
(d) His grandfather's snoring keeps him awake.
4. What does Grandpa give Billy in Chapter 15 that marks him as an adult?
(a) Money.
(b) A gun.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) A cup of coffee.
5. Why does Little Ann stop barking when she trees the "ghost coon"?
(a) She is unsure that he is actually in the tree.
(b) She has lost his scent.
(c) She is waiting for Billy to arrive.
(d) She is waiting for Old Dan to arrive.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Papa believe would have prevented Billy from moving with the family at the end of the book?
2. Who does Billy think has planted the red fern?
3. What challenge do the Pritchard boys pose for Billy and the dogs?
4. What does Billy discover when he climbs the ghost tree in Chapter 13?
5. Where does the "ghost coon" ultimately head for at the end of Chapter 12?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Papa and Billy do upon returning home from the hunting competition? How does the family react?
2. Describe how Billy's dogs catch the first two raccoons of the final round of the hunting competition.
3. What does Mr. Benson tell Billy that concerns him? What does Billy discover is actually true?
4. Describe how Billy's dogs catch the three raccoons that put him in the running for the gold cup.
5. Why doesn't Billy follow his dogs to the third raccoon in the final round of the hunting competition? What does he do instead?
6. How does Billy's family react to the news of the hunting competition?
7. What does Billy do to try and rescue Little Ann from the freezing river?
8. What does Billy do to prepare for the final round of the hunting competition?
9. What are the rules of the hunting competition?
10. How is the "ghost coon" able to evade the dogs?
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