Where the Red Fern Grows: Chapters 10-11

Where the Red Fern Grows: Chapters 10-14

Chapters 10-11

Summarize these chapters

Multiple Choice

What does "hog-tie" mean?

• put a bow on a pig

• hinder greatly

• tie in a game

• a type of fashion

Multiple Choice

Which sentence uses "nonchalantly" correctly?

• Whenever I do something nonchalantly I often fall down.

• She was so busy she sent the files out nonchalantly.

• Tom was so angry he nonchalantly kicked the ball.

• The bear ambled nonchalantly through the tall grass.

Open Ended

What does it mean "to go off the beaten path"?

Multiple Choice

Which word is not a synonym for "midget"?

• little person

• dwarf

• handicap

• petite

Multiple Choice

Which of these is a "muskrat"?

Multiple Choice

What do you use "salve" for?

• Put it in food for flavor

• Use it for your car

• Use it to protect your skin

• Wear it on your head

Multiple Choice

"She was hysterical, running up and down the bank and

whining." What does this word mean?

• breathing heavily

• funny to watch

• exercising heavily

• uncontrollably emotional

Multiple Choice

"Tales were told that they were bootleggers" this means:

• Someone who wears boots all the time

• Someone who makes and distributes/sells things illegally

• Someone who steals the shoes of others

• Someone who has a wooden leg

Multiple Choice

"What's the matter? You 'yellow'?" means:

• a racist term for someone

• calling someone new or undeveloped

• a folksy term for a mountain person

• a way of calling someone a coward

Open Ended

"'They look too little to be any good,' he said.

I told him dynamite came in little packages." What did Billy mean by his comment about dynamite?

Journal Review

Let's review some of the questions from your journal together.

Describe Billy to someone who has never read the story.

• What does he look like?

• What is he like?

• What do others think of him?

Is it more rewarding to do things on your own? Or is it better to rely on the conveniences or help of others?

Explain with an example.