Red Fern Chapters 1-4 Comprehension Quiz
  • 1. How did the man break up the dog fight?
A) He shook a stick at the dogs
B) He threw rocks into the middle of the fight
C) He started swinging his coat
D) He yelled and scolded the dogs
  • 2. The story is told in which point of view?
A) First person as flashback
B) Third person present tense
C) First person in present tense
D) Third person flashback
  • 3. What is the setting of this book?
A) The Catskills on the Delaware River in New York
B) The Rocky mountains in North Carolina
C) The Ozark Mountains on the Illinois River in northeastern Oklahoma
D) The Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina
  • 4. The dog did all of the following at the old man's house EXCEPT:
A) He played with the man's dog
B) He had a bath
C) He drank quarts of warm milk
D) He ate all of the meat in the house
  • 5. Who is telling this story?
A) Grandpa
B) A coon dog
C) Billy
D) Papa
  • 6. All of the following sentences are true EXCEPT:
A) The dog brought back good memories for the man
B) The dog rested and ate at the man's house
C) The man witnessed a group of dogs fighting
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) Pays for the dogs for Billy, cries, and gives him candy
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) Billy's dad hates dogs
B) Billy's family already has too many dogs
C) Billy's sisters have allergies
D) The type of dog Billy wants costs a lot of money
  • 9. What causes Billy to receive a switching
A) He catches Sammie too many times
B) He catches a raccoon
C) He catches Mama's prize hen
D) He breaks the traps
  • 10. Who says the following quote to Billy "Oh, you're a hillbilly?
A) Grandpa
B) The shop keeper
C) women folks
D) A school boy
  • 11. All of the following were symptoms of Billy's dog-wanting disease EXCEPT:
A) He followed his mom around all day begging for dogs
B) He yelled at his family all of the time
C) He lost weight because food didn't taste good anymore
D) He dreamed about dogs in his sleep
  • 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 found a job to raise money
C) He found a knife in the sycamore bark
D) He read an ad for hound puppies
  • 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) Some candy
B) A knife
C) Some soda pop
D) A toy yo yo
  • 16. What news did Billy get when he visited his grandpa's store on Monday?
A) The pups were waiting in the store
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 person selling the pups had moved and could no longer be reached
  • 17. What did Billy NOT buy at the store?
A) A sack of candy for his sisters
B) Shoes for himself
C) Cloth for Mama
D) Overalls for Papa
  • 18. How did Billy feel about himself after seeing his full reflection in the window?
A) Wild
B) Stout
C) Odd
D) Mad
  • 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) False
B) True
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