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) They made him feel welcome
C) They laughed at him
D) The admired his outfit

2. Billy took teasing from the gang until ________

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

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

A) From scared of the Marshall to mad at him.
B) From angry toward the Marshall to finding a friend in him.
C) From scared of 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 large and bold. The name Ann was messy and large
B) The name Dan was bold and large. The name Ann was small and neat
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 didn't like it at all
B) He made lots of friends
C) He wanted to move there
D) He loved it

8. Papa told Billy that the pipe he had slid down was actually a __________

A) Fire Escape
B) Support beam
C) Drain pipe
D) Garbage chute

9. Billy made all the following for his pups EXCEPT -

A) Collars
B) Leash
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 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 coon will never let go of the shiny object
C) The trap holds the coon in place

12. Complete the following analogy. Billy is to persistent as coon is to

A) woe
B) wily
C) limber
D) runt

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) The trap didn't work
C) Traps don't give the coon a chance
D) Traps aren't very sportsmanlike

14. Why did Billy need a raccoon hide?

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

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

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

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

A) The big tree
B) The chicken tree
C) The giant
D) The little 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) God helped him
D) lightning hit the tree

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 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) "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) onomatopoeia
C) personification
D) alliteration

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