Red Fern Chapters 1-4 Comprehension Quiz
  • 1. How did the man break up the dog fight?
A) He yelled and scolded the dogs
B) He shook a stick at the dogs
C) He started swinging his coat
D) He threw rocks into the middle of the fight
  • 2. The story is told in which point of view?
A) Third person present tense
B) Third person flashback
C) First person as flashback
D) First person in present tense
  • 3. What is the setting of this book?
A) The Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina
B) The Rocky mountains in North Carolina
C) The Catskills on the Delaware River in New York
D) The Ozark Mountains on the Illinois River in northeastern Oklahoma
  • 4. The dog did all of the following at the old man's house EXCEPT:
A) He drank quarts of warm milk
B) He had a bath
C) He ate all of the meat in the house
D) He played with the man's dog
  • 5. Who is telling this story?
A) Papa
B) A coon dog
C) Billy
D) Grandpa
  • 6. All of the following sentences are true EXCEPT:
A) The man witnessed a group of dogs fighting
B) The dog rested and ate at the man's house
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) Pays for the dogs for Billy, cries, and gives him candy
B) Cries, convinces Billy to give the money to Papa, and teases Billy
C) agrees to order the dogs, cries, and gives him candy.
D) Convinces Billy to give the money to Papa, gives him candy, and cries
  • 8. Why could Billy NOT have a dog?
A) The type of dog Billy wants costs a lot of money
B) Billy's family already has too many dogs
C) Billy's dad hates dogs
D) Billy's sisters have allergies
  • 9. What causes Billy to receive a switching
A) He breaks the traps
B) He catches Mama's prize hen
C) He catches a raccoon
D) He catches Sammie too many times
  • 10. Who says the following quote to Billy "Oh, you're a hillbilly?
A) women folks
B) Grandpa
C) The shop keeper
D) A school boy
  • 11. All of the following were symptoms of Billy's dog-wanting disease EXCEPT:
A) He dreamed about dogs in his sleep
B) He followed his mom around all day begging for dogs
C) He lost weight because food didn't taste good anymore
D) He yelled at his family all of the time
  • 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 job to raise money
D) He found a knife in the sycamore bark
  • 13. Billy earned money doing all of the following EXCEPT:
A) Trapping furs in the winter
B) Delivering newspapers
C) Picking berries to sell in his grandpa's store
D) Selling things to the fishermen such as crawfish, minnows, and fresh vegetables
  • 14. How long did it take for Billy to save up enough money to buy the two hounds?
A) 1 year
B) 2 years
C) 7 years
D) 6 months
  • 15. As a way of celebrating, Grandpa gave Billy _______.
A) Some soda pop
B) A toy yo yo
C) Some candy
D) A knife
  • 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) His grandpa had ordered the two pups
C) The price of dogs had gone up by $50 in the last two years
D) The pups were waiting in the store
  • 17. What did Billy NOT buy at the store?
A) Overalls for Papa
B) Cloth for Mama
C) Shoes for himself
D) A sack of candy for his sisters
  • 18. How did Billy feel about himself after seeing his full reflection in the window?
A) Mad
B) Odd
C) Wild
D) Stout
  • 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) Personification
B) Allusion
C) Foreshadowing
D) Simile
  • 21. True or False, Billy shares his Grandpa's candy with his three sisters.
A) True
B) False
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