Where the Red Fern Grows Chapters 1-10

1.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

In "Where the Red Fern Grows" the story starts in present day and then went back in time. What literary device is that called?

foreward

Prequel

flashback

epilogue

2.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

When Billy told his dad that he only wanted one dog, why was there hurt in his father's eyes?

His dad was hurt by Billy's selfishness.

Billy's dad was hurt that Billy wouldn't earn the money himself.

His dad wanted to get Billy his dogs but didn't have the money.

Billy's dad had hurt himself farming that day.

3.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Instead of dogs what did Billy's dad get him instead?

Mule

Sammy the cat

An advertisement for dogs

steel traps

4.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Why was Sammy skittish around Billy?

He trapped him too many times.

Billy always made loud noises around him.

He knew Billy liked dogs better.

Billy's sisters told Sammy that Billy didn't like him.

5.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

What did Billy find in the campground that would change his life?

A baking soda can

Two puppies

An advertisement for hound dogs

a large raccoon

6.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

How long did Billy save up to get his dogs?

Two years

Two months

Three years

Three years and two months

7.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Why did Billy walk to town to get his dogs?

The mail couldn't deliver his dogs.

Grandpa told him to go get them.

He was afraid someone else would take them.

He could not wait any longer to get his dogs.

8.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

How did Billy catch his first raccoon?

With his steel traps.

With a trap his dad showed him how to make.

With his dogs

With a trap his grandpa showed him how to make.

9.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Why was it so important to Billy to cut down the large sycamore tree that his dogs had chased the raccoon to?

He didn't want to let his dogs down.

He didn't want to let his grandpa down.

He needed the money from the raccoon hide.

Billy wanted to let everyone know that he could cut down that large tree.

10.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

What did Billy see for the first time in town?

a dog

a store

his reflection

a comb

11.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

What animal did Billy and the dogs face on the way home from town?

cougar

mountain lion

panther

bear

12.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Where did Billy get the ideas for his dogs' names?

a tree

his head

his sisters

his father

13.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Who helped Billy figure out how to keep the coon in the big tree while he rested?

Papa

Mama

Grandpa

Old Dan

14.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Why did Billy fight the boys in town?

the laughed at him

they called him names

they punched him

they pulled his dog's ear

15.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

What type of dog does Billy have?

Beagle

Fox hound

Redbone coon hound

Silky Terrier

16.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

What does Billy find at the school house that he can't resist?

swing

seesaw

sandbox

slide

17.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

What did Billy always carry with him on hunts?

axe and lantern

axe and candle

lantern and food

lantern and KC can

18.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

“The hunter and the hound weren’t the only ones awake that night. I stayed awake and listened to them until the last tones of the hound’s voice died away in the daylight hours” (22).

Replace the objective pronoun them with its antecedent.

the hounds

the hunter and the hound

the daylight hours

ones

19.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Complete the sentence with the correct pronoun:

“It was wonderful indeed how I could have heart-to-heart talks with my dogs and __________________ always seemed to understand” (68).

he or she

him

her

they

20.

Open Ended

2 mins

1 pt

Why was the fisherman's camp significant for Billy?

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21.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

When Little Ann fell into the river in chapter 11, which phase of the plot was the story in?

falling action

rising action

exposition

climax

22.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Billy showed ______ by chopping down the big tree.

muster

flailing

persistence

hampering

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