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 laughed at him
C) The admired his outfit
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) True
B) False

5. What dangerous animal awakened Billy during the night?

A) A black bear
B) An owl
C) A mountain lion
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 messy and large. The name Ann was messy and small.
C) The name Dan was bold and large. The name Ann was small and neat

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

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

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

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

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

11. Why does Grandpa's strategy for catching a coon work?

A) The trap holds the coon in place
B) The coon will never let go of the shiny object
C) The strategy does not work

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

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

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

14. Why did Billy need a raccoon hide?

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

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

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

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

A) The Giant Tree
B) The Big Tree
C) The Little Tree
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 get the tree down

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

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

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) "It wasn't hard for me to decide. I was firmly convinced that I had been helped."
D) "You must remember the big sycamore was the tallest tree in the bottoms"

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

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

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