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 started swinging his coat
C) He shook a stick at the dogs
D) He threw rocks into the middle of the fight
  • 2. The story is told in which point of view?
A) Third person flashback
B) Third person present tense
C) First person as flashback
D) First person in present tense
  • 3. What is the setting of this book?
A) The Catskills on the Delaware River in New York
B) The Ozark Mountains on the Illinois River in northeastern Oklahoma
C) The Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina
D) The Rocky mountains in North Carolina
  • 4. The dog did all of the following at the old man's house EXCEPT:
A) He had a bath
B) He drank quarts of warm milk
C) He played with the man's dog
D) He ate all of the meat in the house
  • 5. Who is telling this story?
A) Billy
B) Papa
C) A coon dog
D) Grandpa
  • 6. All of the following sentences are true EXCEPT:
A) The dog rested and ate at the man's house
B) The man witnessed a group of dogs fighting
C) The dog brought back good memories for the man
D) The man kept the dog in his backyard for a week
  • 7. It is evident that Grandpa is fond of Billy because
A) Cries, convinces Billy to give the money to Papa, and teases Billy
B) agrees to order the dogs, cries, and gives him candy.
C) Convinces Billy to give the money to Papa, gives him candy, and cries
D) Pays for the dogs for Billy, cries, and gives him candy
  • 8. Why could Billy NOT have a dog?
A) Billy's family already has too many dogs
B) Billy's dad hates dogs
C) The type of dog Billy wants costs a lot of money
D) Billy's sisters have allergies
  • 9. What causes Billy to receive a switching
A) He catches Sammie too many times
B) He catches a raccoon
C) He breaks the traps
D) He catches Mama's prize hen
  • 10. Who says the following quote to Billy "Oh, you're a hillbilly?
A) A school boy
B) Grandpa
C) women folks
D) The shop keeper
  • 11. All of the following were symptoms of Billy's dog-wanting disease EXCEPT:
A) He yelled at his family all of the time
B) He dreamed about dogs in his sleep
C) He lost weight because food didn't taste good anymore
D) He followed his mom around all day begging for dogs
  • 12. Why did Billy finding the sportsmen magazine in the fisherman's camp change his life forever?
A) He found a fishing pole near the water
B) He read an ad for hound puppies
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) Picking berries to sell in his grandpa's store
C) Delivering newspapers
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) 7 years
C) 6 months
D) 2 years
  • 15. As a way of celebrating, Grandpa gave Billy _______.
A) A knife
B) Some candy
C) A toy yo yo
D) Some soda pop
  • 16. What news did Billy get when he visited his grandpa's store on Monday?
A) The price of dogs had gone up by $50 in the last two years
B) The person selling the pups had moved and could no longer be reached
C) His grandpa had ordered the two pups
D) The pups were waiting in the store
  • 17. What did Billy NOT buy at the store?
A) A sack of candy for his sisters
B) Shoes for himself
C) Overalls for Papa
D) Cloth for Mama
  • 18. How did Billy feel about himself after seeing his full reflection in the window?
A) Wild
B) Odd
C) Mad
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) Simile
D) Foreshadowing
  • 21. True or False, Billy shares his Grandpa's candy with his three sisters.
A) True
B) False
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