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) The admired his outfit
D) They laughed at him

2. Billy took teasing from the gang until ________

A) They started clapping and chanting
B) One stomped on his foot
C) One called him 'dog boy'
D) One pulled his dog's ear

3. How did Billy's feelings change toward the Marshall?

A) From scared of the Marshall to mad at him.
B) From scared of the Marshall to finding a friend in 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 black bear
B) A mountain lion
C) A skunk
D) An owl

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

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) Leash
B) Collars
C) Doghouse

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 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) runt
B) woe
C) wily
D) limber

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

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

14. Why did Billy need a raccoon hide?

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

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

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

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

A) The little tree
B) The big 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 played loud music
B) He built a big fire
C) He yelled at the coon
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) "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) onomatopoeia
C) simile
D) personification

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