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) One called him 'dog boy'
B) They started clapping and chanting
C) One pulled his dog's ear
D) One stomped on his foot
  • 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 black bear
B) A mountain lion
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 bold and large. The name Ann was small and neat
B) The name Dan was large and bold. The name Ann was messy and large
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 wanted to move there
B) He didn't like it at all
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) Drain pipe
B) Garbage chute
C) Support beam
D) Fire Escape
  • 9. Billy made all the following for his pups EXCEPT -
A) Leash
B) Doghouse
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 hearing stories from other coon hunters
C) From his sister who hunted coons
  • 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) woe
B) runt
C) wily
D) limber
  • 13. What reason did Papa NOT give for telling Billy to not use traps anymore?
A) Traps don't give the coon a chance
B) It's summertime and the coons' fur isn't any good
C) The trap didn't work
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) Worried
C) Mad
D) Happy
  • 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) The dogs kept barking
B) Billy didn't say that
C) lightning hit the tree
D) God helped him
  • 18. What was Grandpa's trick for keeping the coon in the tree?
A) He built a big fire
B) He played loud music
C) He made a scarecrow
D) He yelled at the coon
  • 19. Which sentence from the book supports the conclusion that Billy believes God helped him?
A) "It wasn't hard for me to decide. I was firmly convinced that I had been helped."
B) "Do you think God heard my prayer?"
C) "You must remember the big sycamore was the tallest tree in the bottoms"
D) "No, I'm afraid I can't help you there"
  • 20. The following quote is an example of what type of figurative language? "my back screamed pain."
A) simile
B) personification
C) onomatopoeia
D) alliteration
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