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New Red Fern Chapters 5-9 Comprehension Quiz
Contributed by: Ramey
(Original author: Lacy)
  • 1. How did most of the townspeople treat Billy?
A) The admired his outfit
B) They made him feel welcome
C) They all wanted to be his friend
D) They laughed at him
  • 2. Billy took teasing from the gang until ________
A) One stomped on his foot
B) They started clapping and chanting
C) One pulled his dog's ear
D) One called him 'dog boy'
  • 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) False
B) True
  • 5. What dangerous animal awakened Billy during the night?
A) A skunk
B) An owl
C) A black bear
D) A mountain lion
  • 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 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) Doghouse
B) Collars
C) Leash
  • 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 hearing stories from other coon hunters
C) From having a pet coon in his youth
  • 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) runt
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 aren't very sportsmanlike
C) The trap didn't work
D) Traps don't give the coon a chance
  • 14. Why did Billy need a raccoon hide?
A) For Papa's birthday cap
B) To train his pups
C) To make a coat for Mama
D) To make a blanket for the cat
  • 15. How did Mama feel about Billy going hunting for the first time?
A) Excited
B) Worried
C) Happy
D) Mad
  • 16. What was NOT a name that Billy called the big sycamore tree?
A) The Big Tree
B) The Little Tree
C) The Chicken Tree
D) The Giant Tree
  • 17. When Billy says, "...but I thought something strange happened down in the bottoms." What does his quote mean?
A) Billy didn't say that
B) The dogs kept barking
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 yelled at the coon
C) He played loud music
D) He built a big fire
  • 19. Which sentence from the book supports the conclusion that Billy believes God helped him?
A) "Do you think God heard my prayer?"
B) "It wasn't hard for me to decide. I was firmly convinced that I had been helped."
C) "No, I'm afraid I can't help you there"
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) onomatopoeia
B) alliteration
C) personification
D) simile
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