Red Fern Chapters 1-4 Comprehension Quiz
  • 1. How did the man break up the dog fight?
A) He started swinging his coat
B) He threw rocks into the middle of the fight
C) He yelled and scolded the dogs
D) He shook a stick at the dogs
  • 2. The story is told in which point of view?
A) First person in present tense
B) Third person present tense
C) First person as flashback
D) Third person flashback
  • 3. What is the setting of this book?
A) The Rocky mountains in North Carolina
B) The Ozark Mountains on the Illinois River in northeastern Oklahoma
C) The Catskills on the Delaware River in New York
D) The Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina
  • 4. The dog did all of the following at the old man's house EXCEPT:
A) He drank quarts of warm milk
B) He played with the man's dog
C) He ate all of the meat in the house
D) He had a bath
  • 5. Who is telling this story?
A) Papa
B) Grandpa
C) Billy
D) A coon dog
  • 6. All of the following sentences are true EXCEPT:
A) The man kept the dog in his backyard for a week
B) The dog brought back good memories for the man
C) The dog rested and ate at the man's house
D) The man witnessed a group of dogs fighting
  • 7. It is evident that Grandpa is fond of Billy because
A) agrees to order the dogs, cries, and gives him candy.
B) Convinces Billy to give the money to Papa, gives him candy, and cries
C) Pays for the dogs for Billy, cries, and gives him candy
D) Cries, convinces Billy to give the money to Papa, and teases Billy
  • 8. Why could Billy NOT have a dog?
A) Billy's dad hates dogs
B) Billy's family already has too many dogs
C) The type of dog Billy wants costs a lot of money
D) Billy's sisters have allergies
  • 9. What causes Billy to receive a switching
A) He catches Mama's prize hen
B) He catches Sammie too many times
C) He breaks the traps
D) He catches a raccoon
  • 10. Who says the following quote to Billy "Oh, you're a hillbilly?
A) A school boy
B) The shop keeper
C) women folks
D) Grandpa
  • 11. All of the following were symptoms of Billy's dog-wanting disease EXCEPT:
A) He yelled at his family all of the time
B) He dreamed about dogs in his sleep
C) He lost weight because food didn't taste good anymore
D) He followed his mom around all day begging for dogs
  • 12. Why did Billy finding the sportsmen magazine in the fisherman's camp change his life forever?
A) He found a fishing pole near the water
B) He found a job to raise money
C) He found a knife in the sycamore bark
D) He read an ad for hound puppies
  • 13. Billy earned money doing all of the following EXCEPT:
A) Picking berries to sell in his grandpa's store
B) Selling things to the fishermen such as crawfish, minnows, and fresh vegetables
C) Trapping furs in the winter
D) Delivering newspapers
  • 14. How long did it take for Billy to save up enough money to buy the two hounds?
A) 1 year
B) 2 years
C) 7 years
D) 6 months
  • 15. As a way of celebrating, Grandpa gave Billy _______.
A) Some candy
B) A knife
C) Some soda pop
D) A toy yo yo
  • 16. What news did Billy get when he visited his grandpa's store on Monday?
A) His grandpa had ordered the two pups
B) The person selling the pups had moved and could no longer be reached
C) The pups were waiting in the store
D) The price of dogs had gone up by $50 in the last two years
  • 17. What did Billy NOT buy at the store?
A) Overalls for Papa
B) A sack of candy for his sisters
C) Cloth for Mama
D) Shoes for himself
  • 18. How did Billy feel about himself after seeing his full reflection in the window?
A) Mad
B) Odd
C) Stout
D) Wild
  • 19. Write a journal entry from Billy's perspective about his experience in town in Chapter 4 (At least 3 complete sentences)
  • 20. The following quote is an example of which type of figurative language? "I had lost weight and was as thin as a bean pole."
A) Personification
B) Foreshadowing
C) Allusion
D) Simile
  • 21. True or False, Billy shares his Grandpa's candy with his three sisters.
A) True
B) False
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