New Red Fern Chapters 5-9 Comprehension Quiz
  • 1. How did most of the townspeople treat Billy?
A) They all wanted to be his friend
B) They made him feel welcome
C) The admired his outfit
D) They laughed at him
  • 2. Billy took teasing from the gang until ________
A) One called him 'dog boy'
B) One pulled his dog's ear
C) They started clapping and chanting
D) One stomped on his foot
  • 3. How did Billy's feelings change toward the Marshall?
A) From scared of the Marshall to finding a friend in him.
B) From angry toward the Marshall to finding a friend in him.
C) From scared of the Marshall to mad at him.
  • 4. True or False? On his way home from town, Billy spent the night under an oak tree.
A) False
B) True
  • 5. What dangerous animal awakened Billy during the night?
A) An owl
B) A black bear
C) A mountain lion
D) A skunk
  • 6. What connection did Billy notice between the names carved in the tree and his pups personalities
A) The name Dan was bold and large. The name Ann was small and neat
B) The name Dan was messy and large. The name Ann was messy and small.
C) The name Dan was large and bold. The name Ann was messy and large
  • 7. When Papa asked Billy how he liked town, Billy told him ___________
A) He made lots of friends
B) He wanted to move there
C) He didn't like it at all
D) He loved it
  • 8. Papa told Billy that the pipe he had slid down was actually a __________
A) Garbage chute
B) Drain pipe
C) Fire Escape
D) Support beam
  • 9. Billy made all the following for his pups EXCEPT -
A) Leash
B) Doghouse
C) Collars
  • 10. How did Grandpa learn about the nails and hole strategy to catch a "wily, old coon?"
A) From hearing stories from other coon hunters
B) From having a pet coon in his youth
C) From his sister who hunted coons
  • 11. Why does Grandpa's strategy for catching a coon work?
A) The strategy does not work
B) The trap holds the coon in place
C) The coon will never let go of the shiny object
  • 12. Complete the following analogy. Billy is to persistent as coon is to
A) limber
B) woe
C) runt
D) wily
  • 13. What reason did Papa NOT give for telling Billy to not use traps anymore?
A) It's summertime and the coons' fur isn't any good
B) Traps don't give the coon a chance
C) Traps aren't very sportsmanlike
D) The trap didn't work
  • 14. Why did Billy need a raccoon hide?
A) To make a coat for Mama
B) To train his pups
C) For Papa's birthday cap
D) To make a blanket for the cat
  • 15. How did Mama feel about Billy going hunting for the first time?
A) Mad
B) Worried
C) Happy
D) Excited
  • 16. What was NOT a name that Billy called the big sycamore tree?
A) The giant
B) The chicken tree
C) The little tree
D) The big tree
  • 17. When Billy says, "...but I thought something strange happened down in the bottoms." What does his quote mean?
A) Billy didn't say that
B) lightning hit the tree
C) The dogs kept barking
D) God helped him
  • 18. What was Grandpa's trick for keeping the coon in the tree?
A) He played loud music
B) He built a big fire
C) He yelled at the coon
D) He made a scarecrow
  • 19. Which sentence from the book supports the conclusion that Billy believes God helped him?
A) "No, I'm afraid I can't help you there"
B) "It wasn't hard for me to decide. I was firmly convinced that I had been helped."
C) "Do you think God heard my prayer?"
D) "You must remember the big sycamore was the tallest tree in the bottoms"
  • 20. The following quote is an example of what type of figurative language? "my back screamed pain."
A) personification
B) onomatopoeia
C) alliteration
D) simile
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