New Red Fern Chapters 5-9 Comprehension Quiz

1. How did most of the townspeople treat Billy?

A) They laughed at him
B) The admired his outfit
C) They made him feel welcome
D) They all wanted to be his friend

2. Billy took teasing from the gang until ________

A) One pulled his dog's ear
B) They started clapping and chanting
C) One stomped on his foot
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 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) True
B) False

5. What dangerous animal awakened Billy during the night?

A) An owl
B) A mountain lion
C) A black bear
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 large and bold. The name Ann was messy and large
B) The name Dan was bold and large. The name Ann was small and neat
C) The name Dan was messy and large. The name Ann was messy and small.

7. When Papa asked Billy how he liked town, Billy told him ___________

A) He didn't like it at all
B) He made lots of friends
C) He wanted to move there
D) He loved it

8. Papa told Billy that the pipe he had slid down was actually a __________

A) Support beam
B) Drain pipe
C) Fire Escape
D) Garbage chute

9. Billy made all the following for his pups EXCEPT -

A) Doghouse
B) Leash
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) wily
B) woe
C) limber
D) runt

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) Traps aren't very sportsmanlike
D) It's summertime and the coons' fur isn't any good

14. Why did Billy need a raccoon hide?

A) To train his pups
B) For Papa's birthday cap
C) To make a blanket for the cat
D) To make a coat for Mama

15. How did Mama feel about Billy going hunting for the first time?

A) Happy
B) Excited
C) Worried
D) Mad

16. What was NOT a name that Billy called the big sycamore tree?

A) The big tree
B) The little tree
C) The giant
D) The chicken 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) The dogs kept barking
C) lightning hit the tree
D) Billy didn't say that

18. What was Grandpa's trick for keeping the coon in the tree?

A) He built a big fire
B) He yelled at the coon
C) He made a scarecrow
D) He played loud music

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) "You must remember the big sycamore was the tallest tree in the bottoms"
C) "Do you think God heard my prayer?"
D) "It wasn't hard for me to decide. I was firmly convinced that I had been helped."

20. The following quote is an example of what type of figurative language? "my back screamed pain."

A) simile
B) alliteration
C) personification
D) onomatopoeia

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