New Red Fern Chapters 5-9 Comprehension Quiz

1. How did most of the townspeople treat Billy?

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

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

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

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

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

A) Doghouse
B) Collars
C) Leash

10. How did Grandpa learn about the nails and hole strategy to catch a "wily, old coon?"

A) From having a pet coon in his youth
B) From his sister who hunted coons
C) From hearing stories from other coon hunters

11. Why does Grandpa's strategy for catching a coon work?

A) The trap holds the coon in place
B) The coon will never let go of the shiny object
C) The strategy does not work

12. Complete the following analogy. Billy is to persistent as coon is to

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

13. What reason did Papa NOT give for telling Billy to not use traps anymore?

A) Traps aren't very sportsmanlike
B) Traps don't give the coon a chance
C) It's summertime and the coons' fur isn't any good
D) The trap didn't work

14. Why did Billy need a raccoon hide?

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

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

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

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) lightning hit the tree
B) Billy didn't say that
C) God helped him
D) The dogs kept barking

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

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

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) "Do you think God heard my prayer?"
C) "It wasn't hard for me to decide. I was firmly convinced that I had been helped."
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) alliteration
B) simile
C) personification
D) onomatopoeia

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