Red Fern Chapters 1-4 Comprehension Quiz
  • 1. How did the man break up the dog fight?
A) He shook a stick at the dogs
B) He threw rocks into the middle of the fight
C) He yelled and scolded the dogs
D) He started swinging his coat
  • 2. The story is told in which point of view?
A) First person in present tense
B) First person as flashback
C) Third person present tense
D) Third person flashback
  • 3. What is the setting of this book?
A) The Catskills on the Delaware River in New York
B) The Rocky mountains in North Carolina
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 drank quarts of warm milk
C) He ate all of the meat in the house
D) He had a bath
  • 5. Who is telling this story?
A) Papa
B) Billy
C) A coon dog
D) Grandpa
  • 6. All of the following sentences are true EXCEPT:
A) The dog rested and ate at the man's house
B) The man witnessed a group of dogs fighting
C) The man kept the dog in his backyard for a week
D) The dog brought back good memories for the man
  • 7. It is evident that Grandpa is fond of Billy because
A) Convinces Billy to give the money to Papa, gives him candy, and cries
B) Pays for the dogs for Billy, cries, and gives him candy
C) agrees to order the dogs, cries, and gives him candy.
D) Cries, convinces Billy to give the money to Papa, and teases Billy
  • 8. Why could Billy NOT have a dog?
A) Billy's family already has too many dogs
B) Billy's sisters have allergies
C) The type of dog Billy wants costs a lot of money
D) Billy's dad hates dogs
  • 9. What causes Billy to receive a switching
A) He catches Sammie too many times
B) He catches Mama's prize hen
C) He catches a raccoon
D) He breaks the traps
  • 10. Who says the following quote to Billy "Oh, you're a hillbilly?
A) The shop keeper
B) A school boy
C) women folks
D) Grandpa
  • 11. All of the following were symptoms of Billy's dog-wanting disease EXCEPT:
A) He followed his mom around all day begging for dogs
B) He dreamed about dogs in his sleep
C) He yelled at his family all of the time
D) He lost weight because food didn't taste good anymore
  • 12. Why did Billy finding the sportsmen magazine in the fisherman's camp change his life forever?
A) He read an ad for hound puppies
B) He found a fishing pole near the water
C) He found a knife in the sycamore bark
D) He found a job to raise money
  • 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) Trapping furs in the winter
D) Picking berries to sell in his grandpa's store
  • 14. How long did it take for Billy to save up enough money to buy the two hounds?
A) 1 year
B) 6 months
C) 7 years
D) 2 years
  • 15. As a way of celebrating, Grandpa gave Billy _______.
A) A knife
B) A toy yo yo
C) Some soda pop
D) Some candy
  • 16. What news did Billy get when he visited his grandpa's store on Monday?
A) The person selling the pups had moved and could no longer be reached
B) The price of dogs had gone up by $50 in the last two years
C) The pups were waiting in the store
D) His grandpa had ordered the two pups
  • 17. What did Billy NOT buy at the store?
A) A sack of candy for his sisters
B) Overalls for Papa
C) Cloth for Mama
D) Shoes for himself
  • 18. How did Billy feel about himself after seeing his full reflection in the window?
A) Stout
B) Wild
C) Mad
D) Odd
  • 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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