Where the Red Fern Grows

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• Billy Cole

• Wilson Rawls

• Dan Wilson (Old Dan)

• Ann Bishop (Little Ann)

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In Chapter 4 Billy walks 20 miles in his bare feet to which town?

• Aquabi

• The Ozarks

• Tahlequah

• Houston

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What happens to Billy as he leaves the depot with his pups in the gunny sack?

• Billy is jumped by a group of boys.

• Billy punches a kid in the nose for pulling his pup's ear.

• The Marshall gets mad at Billy.

• The pups keep crying.

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What happens in Chapter 8?

• Billy kills and skins his first coon.

• The pups tree their first coon in a huge sycamore tree

• Billy trees the Ghost Coon

• The pups steal meat from the larder.

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What does Billy do in every chapter?

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What type of tree plays a big part throughout the story?

• Maple

• Blackberry

• Sycamore

• Cypress

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Chapter 1 - What happens that makes Billy think of the dogs he owned from when he was a boy?

• He runs over a dog that looks like the ones he used to have.

• He gets a new redbone hound like the ones he used to have.

• He helps a dog from an unfair dogfight that reminds him of the dogs he used to have.

• He sees the gold and silver cups on the fireplace.

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What disease was Billy struck down with as a boy?

• The flu

• Strep throat

• Mumps

• Puppy fever

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What did Billy's dad buy him instead of two new puppies?

• Steele traps

• one puppy

• a cat

• candy

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What did Billy find that turned his life around?

• A K.C. Baking Powder can

• A newspaper at the hunting camp had an ad for puppies

• A magazine in the fisherman's camp with an ad for hound puppies

• He found the $50 he needed to buy the puppies

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Billy often says "I have the best _____ in the world." Who is he referring to?

• Grandpa

• Mama

• Papa

• Sister

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Rueben and Raine want to bet Billy that...

• Ole Blue can run faster than Old Dan and Little Ann.

• Old Dan and Little Ann can't catch two coons in one night

• Old Dan and Little Ann can't tree the "Spirit Coon"

• Old Dan and Little Ann can't tree the "Ghost Coon"

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Why does Rueben knock Billy on the ground and pin him down?

• Billy refuses to let his dogs kill the Ghost Coon.

• Rueben is mad his dog is being killed by Dan and Ann.

• Rueben wants Billy to let the Ghost Coon live?

• Rueben wants Billy to let the dogs fight.

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What animal does Billy think his dogs are tracking in Chapter 18?

• A mountain goat

• A raccoon

• A bobcat

• A fox

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This almost becomes Little Ann's icy grave

• The Missouri River

• The Ozark River

• The Illinois River

• The Mississippi River

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Besides getting stuck in a tree, what other predicament does Old Dan get into?

• He gets stuck in a cave.

• He falls off a cliff.

• He gets stuck in a muskrat den.

• He gets stuck in a steel trap.

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Who does Billy promise the gold cup to?

• His mother

• His littlest sister

• His grandpa

• His dogs

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Who enters the dogs into the coon hunting competition?

• Grandpa

• Papa

• Billy

• Raine

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How does Little Ann win the silver cup in the best looking dog contest?

• She runs the fastest.

• She catches the most coons.

• She finds Billy in the crowd.

• She walks to Billy and puts her head on his shoulder.

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What does Billy use to groom Little Ann?

• Grandpa's brush with homemade butter.

• Grandpa's mustache oil and his brush.

• Papa's ivory comb with honey.

• Mama's ivory brush with hair gel.

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How does Little Ann die?

• The mountain lion kills her.

• She drowns in the icy river.

• She dies from a broken heart.

• Little Ann dies from old age.

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What does a red fern mean?

• Honor

• They are sacred

• They aren't real

• A red fern is poisonous

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How does Billy save Little Ann from drowning in the icy Illinois River?

• He uses the handle of his lantern. to form a hook to grab her collar.

• He uses the light from his lantern to get help from a boat in the water.

• He uses his lantern to signal to his father to come help him.

• He starts a fire with the lantern and melts the ice out to Little Ann.

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Has Billy ever been back to the Ozarks?

• Yes

• No

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Where does this story take place?

• Missouri

• Texas

• Oklahoma

• Idaho