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 laughed at him
C) They all wanted to be his friend
D) The admired his outfit
  • 2. Billy took teasing from the gang until ________
A) They started clapping and chanting
B) One called him 'dog boy'
C) One stomped on his foot
D) One pulled his dog's ear
  • 3. How did Billy's feelings change toward the Marshall?
A) From scared of the Marshall to finding a friend in him.
B) From scared of the Marshall to mad at him.
C) From angry toward 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) A mountain lion
B) A black bear
C) An owl
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 messy and large. The name Ann was messy and small.
B) The name Dan was bold and large. The name Ann was small and neat
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 wanted to move there
C) He made lots of friends
D) He loved it
  • 8. Papa told Billy that the pipe he had slid down was actually a __________
A) Fire Escape
B) Garbage chute
C) Support beam
D) Drain pipe
  • 9. Billy made all the following for his pups EXCEPT -
A) Collars
B) Doghouse
C) Leash
  • 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 his sister who hunted coons
C) From having a pet coon in his youth
  • 11. Why does Grandpa's strategy for catching a coon work?
A) The coon will never let go of the shiny object
B) The trap holds the coon in place
C) The strategy does not work
  • 12. Complete the following analogy. Billy is to persistent as coon is to
A) runt
B) woe
C) limber
D) wily
  • 13. What reason did Papa NOT give for telling Billy to not use traps anymore?
A) The trap didn't work
B) Traps don't give the coon a chance
C) It's summertime and the coons' fur isn't any good
D) Traps aren't very sportsmanlike
  • 14. Why did Billy need a raccoon hide?
A) For Papa's birthday cap
B) To train his pups
C) To make a coat for Mama
D) To make a blanket for the cat
  • 15. How did Mama feel about Billy going hunting for the first time?
A) Excited
B) Mad
C) Worried
D) Happy
  • 16. What was NOT a name that Billy called the big sycamore tree?
A) The giant
B) The little tree
C) The chicken tree
D) The big 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) The dogs kept barking
C) God helped him
D) Billy didn't say that
  • 18. What was Grandpa's trick for keeping the coon in the tree?
A) He yelled at the coon
B) He made a scarecrow
C) He played loud music
D) He built a big fire
  • 19. Which sentence from the book supports the conclusion that Billy believes God helped him?
A) "You must remember the big sycamore was the tallest tree in the bottoms"
B) "No, I'm afraid I can't help you there"
C) "It wasn't hard for me to decide. I was firmly convinced that I had been helped."
D) "Do you think God heard my prayer?"
  • 20. The following quote is an example of what type of figurative language? "my back screamed pain."
A) alliteration
B) personification
C) simile
D) onomatopoeia
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