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 yelled and scolded the dogs
C) He threw rocks into the middle of the fight
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 Catskills on the Delaware River in New York
C) The Ozark Mountains on the Illinois River in northeastern Oklahoma
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 played with the man's dog
B) He had a bath
C) He ate all of the meat in the house
D) He drank quarts of warm milk
  • 5. Who is telling this story?
A) A coon dog
B) Grandpa
C) Billy
D) Papa
  • 6. All of the following sentences are true EXCEPT:
A) The dog rested and ate at the man's house
B) The man kept the dog in his backyard for a week
C) The man witnessed a group of dogs fighting
D) The dog brought back good memories for the man
  • 7. It is evident that Grandpa is fond of Billy because
A) Pays for the dogs for Billy, cries, and gives him candy
B) Cries, convinces Billy to give the money to Papa, and teases Billy
C) agrees to order the dogs, cries, and gives him candy.
D) Convinces Billy to give the money to Papa, gives him candy, and cries
  • 8. Why could Billy NOT have a dog?
A) Billy's dad hates dogs
B) The type of dog Billy wants costs a lot of money
C) Billy's sisters have allergies
D) Billy's family already has too many dogs
  • 9. What causes Billy to receive a switching
A) He catches a raccoon
B) He catches Sammie too many times
C) He breaks the traps
D) He catches Mama's prize hen
  • 10. Who says the following quote to Billy "Oh, you're a hillbilly?
A) women folks
B) The shop keeper
C) A school boy
D) Grandpa
  • 11. All of the following were symptoms of Billy's dog-wanting disease EXCEPT:
A) He lost weight because food didn't taste good anymore
B) He dreamed about dogs in his sleep
C) He followed his mom around all day begging for dogs
D) He yelled at his family all of the time
  • 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) Selling things to the fishermen such as crawfish, minnows, and fresh vegetables
B) Delivering newspapers
C) Picking berries to sell in his grandpa's store
D) Trapping furs in the winter
  • 14. How long did it take for Billy to save up enough money to buy the two hounds?
A) 7 years
B) 2 years
C) 6 months
D) 1 year
  • 15. As a way of celebrating, Grandpa gave Billy _______.
A) Some soda pop
B) A knife
C) A toy yo yo
D) Some candy
  • 16. What news did Billy get when he visited his grandpa's store on Monday?
A) The price of dogs had gone up by $50 in the last two years
B) The person selling the pups had moved and could no longer be reached
C) His grandpa had ordered the two pups
D) The pups were waiting in the store
  • 17. What did Billy NOT buy at the store?
A) A sack of candy for his sisters
B) Shoes for himself
C) Overalls for Papa
D) Cloth for Mama
  • 18. How did Billy feel about himself after seeing his full reflection in the window?
A) Odd
B) Stout
C) Wild
D) Mad
  • 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) Foreshadowing
B) Simile
C) Personification
D) Allusion
  • 21. True or False, Billy shares his Grandpa's candy with his three sisters.
A) True
B) False
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