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

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

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

4. Why does Old Dan lure Billy out on to the ice pack?
(a) He is caught in the freezing water.
(b) Little Ann is caught in the freezing water.
(c) He is caught on the ice.
(d) Little Ann has located the raccoon.

5. How many raccoons do Billy and the dogs catch during the hunting contest?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happens to Grandpa while searching for Old Dan in the storm?

4. What does Billy realize when he hears Old Dan bay while out on the ice?

5. What does Billy do to help himself see the dogs in the fog in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Papa and Billy do upon returning home from the hunting competition? How does the family react?

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

3. How does Billy's family react to the news of the hunting competition?

4. Why does Rainie Pritchard suggest that Billy should accept that his dogs cannot catch the "ghost coon"?

5. Describe the role Old Blue plays in Chapter 13.

6. What are the rules of the hunting competition?

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

8. Describe the legend of the red fern.

9. What does Billy do to prepare for the final round of the hunting competition?

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

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