New Red Fern Chapters 5-9 Comprehension Quiz

1. How did most of the townspeople treat Billy?

A) They made him feel welcome
B) They all wanted to be his friend
C) They laughed at him
D) The admired his outfit

2. Billy took teasing from the gang until ________

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

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

A) From angry toward the Marshall to finding a friend in him.
B) From scared of the Marshall to mad at 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) True
B) False

5. What dangerous animal awakened Billy during the night?

A) A skunk
B) A mountain lion
C) An owl
D) A black bear

6. What connection did Billy notice between the names carved in the tree and his pups personalities

A) The name Dan was messy and large. The name Ann was messy and small.
B) The name Dan was bold and large. The name Ann was small and neat
C) The name Dan was large and bold. The name Ann was messy and large

7. When Papa asked Billy how he liked town, Billy told him ___________

A) He loved it
B) He didn't like it at all
C) He made lots of friends
D) He wanted to move there

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

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

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

A) Doghouse
B) Leash
C) Collars

10. How did Grandpa learn about the nails and hole strategy to catch a "wily, old coon?"

A) From his sister who hunted coons
B) From having a pet coon in his youth
C) From hearing stories from other coon hunters

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) curious
B) dog lover
C) uncatchable
D) runt

13. What reason did Papa NOT give for telling Billy to not use traps anymore?

A) Traps aren't very sportsmanlike
B) The trap didn't work
C) Traps don't give the coon a chance
D) It's summertime and the coons' fur isn't any good

14. Why did Billy need a raccoon hide?

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

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

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

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

A) The Chicken Tree
B) The Giant Tree
C) The Big Tree
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) God helped him get the tree down
C) Lightning hit the tree
D) Billy didn't say that

18. What was Grandpa's trick for keeping the coon in the tree?

A) He played loud music
B) He yelled at the coon
C) He built a big fire
D) He made a scarecrow

19. Which sentence from the book supports the conclusion that Billy believes God helped him?

A) "Do you think God heard my prayer?"
B) "No, I'm afraid I can't help you there"
C) "You must remember the big sycamore was the tallest tree in the bottoms"
D) "It wasn't hard for me to decide. I was firmly convinced that I had been helped."

20. The following quote is an example of what type of figurative language? "my back screamed pain."

A) personification
B) alliteration
C) simile
D) onomatopoeia

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