New Red Fern Chapters 5-9 Comprehension Quiz
  • 1. How did most of the townspeople treat Billy?
A) They laughed at him
B) They made him feel welcome
C) They all wanted to be his friend
D) The admired his outfit
  • 2. Billy took teasing from the gang until ________
A) One stomped on his foot
B) One pulled his dog's ear
C) They started clapping and chanting
D) One called him 'dog boy'
  • 3. How did Billy's feelings change toward the Marshall?
A) From angry toward the Marshall to finding a friend in him.
B) From scared of the Marshall to mad at him.
C) From scared of the Marshall to finding a friend in 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) A skunk
B) An owl
C) A mountain lion
D) A black bear
  • 6. What connection did Billy notice between the names carved in the tree and his pups personalities
A) The name Dan was large and bold. The name Ann was messy and large
B) The name Dan was messy and large. The name Ann was messy and small.
C) The name Dan was bold and large. The name Ann was small and neat
  • 7. When Papa asked Billy how he liked town, Billy told him ___________
A) He loved it
B) He made lots of friends
C) He wanted to move there
D) He didn't like it at all
  • 8. Papa told Billy that the pipe he had slid down was actually a __________
A) Support beam
B) Drain pipe
C) Garbage chute
D) Fire Escape
  • 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 his sister who hunted coons
C) From having a pet coon in his youth
  • 11. Why does Grandpa's strategy for catching a coon work?
A) The trap holds the coon in place
B) The strategy does not work
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) runt
B) woe
C) limber
D) wily
  • 13. What reason did Papa NOT give for telling Billy to not use traps anymore?
A) Traps don't give the coon a chance
B) The trap didn't work
C) It's summertime and the coons' fur isn't any good
D) Traps aren't very sportsmanlike
  • 14. Why did Billy need a raccoon hide?
A) To train his pups
B) To make a blanket for the cat
C) For Papa's birthday cap
D) To make a coat for Mama
  • 15. How did Mama feel about Billy going hunting for the first time?
A) Worried
B) Mad
C) Excited
D) Happy
  • 16. What was NOT a name that Billy called the big sycamore tree?
A) The giant
B) The big tree
C) The chicken tree
D) The little tree
  • 17. When Billy says, "...but I thought something strange happened down in the bottoms." What does his quote mean?
A) God helped him
B) Billy didn't say that
C) lightning hit the tree
D) The dogs kept barking
  • 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 made a scarecrow
D) He yelled at the coon
  • 19. Which sentence from the book supports the conclusion that Billy believes God helped him?
A) "Do you think God heard my prayer?"
B) "You must remember the big sycamore was the tallest tree in the bottoms"
C) "It wasn't hard for me to decide. I was firmly convinced that I had been helped."
D) "No, I'm afraid I can't help you there"
  • 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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