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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 ultimately kills the large scary animal in Chapter 18 that Old Dan had treed?
(a) Billy.
(b) Papa.
(c) Old Dan.
(d) Little Ann.

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

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

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

5. What does Billy's mother suggest will make him feel better when Old Dan and Little Ann die?
(a) Eating dinner.
(b) Praying to God.
(c) Remembering the good times he had with the dogs.
(d) Getting new dogs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Old Dan lure Billy out on to the ice pack?

3. What surprises the hunting contest judge about Billy's dogs' final catch?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Years after leaving the Ozarks, what does Billy imagine he would find if he should ever visit the dogs' graves?

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

4. What are the rules of the hunting competition?

5. What does Billy do to try and rescue Little Ann from the freezing river?

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

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

8. Describe Billy's thoughts as he travels from his grandfather's store to his family's home after finding out about the hunting competition.

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

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

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