New Red Fern Chapters 5-9 Comprehension Quiz

1. How did most of the townspeople treat Billy?

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

2. Billy took teasing from the gang until ________

A) They started clapping and chanting
B) One pulled his dog's ear
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 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) An owl
B) A black bear
C) A skunk
D) A mountain lion

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 made lots of friends
B) He didn't like it at all
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) Garbage chute
B) Fire Escape
C) Drain pipe
D) Support beam

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 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) wily
B) woe
C) runt
D) limber

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

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

14. Why did Billy need a raccoon hide?

A) To make a blanket for the cat
B) To train his pups
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) Excited
B) Worried
C) Mad
D) Happy

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

A) The big tree
B) The giant
C) The little tree
D) The chicken tree

17. When Billy says, "...but I thought something strange happened down in the bottoms." What does his quote mean?

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

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 built a big fire
D) He made a scarecrow

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) onomatopoeia
B) personification
C) simile
D) alliteration

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