Where the Red Fern Grows - ch. 2

Chapters 2 takes place in the past when the main character is a boy. This technique of starting in present time and going to back to the past is:

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Irony

• Theme

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CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

This book takes place in the sparse & rugged area of:

• the Ozark Mountains in Oklahoma

• the hills of Kentucky

• the Mississippi River Delta

• Chicago, in a heavily wooded area

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

When the author stated that Billy was suffering from “puppy love”, what did he mean?

• Billy was in love with a girl in his class.

• Billy wanted to have a girlfriend.

• Billy wanted a dog to keep in the house.

• Billy wanted his own hunting dogs.

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Billy wanted two hunting dogs so badly that he:

• started losing weight and his parents worried

• stole a farmer's hog and sold it for the cash

• threw tantrums and cried continually

• borrowed money from his sister and his friends

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why couldn't the boy have what he wanted?

• His parents were too poor and they couldn't afford it.

• It was against his parents' religious beliefs.

• His parents didn't want to spoil him by giving him everything he asked for.

• His mother thought he was too young to have the object he wanted.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

What did the main character keep catching in his traps and likes to sprawl in Ch. 2?

• cat

• bird

• squirrel

• little sister

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Who is "Old Mister Ringtail"?

• Billy

• Billy's Grandpa

• The raccoons

• The dog from Chapter 1

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Mark all the details that show the setting details mentioned in the exposition (beginning) of Where the Red Fern Grows:

• Billy lives in a log house.

• The land was once owned by Cherokee Native Americans.

• foothills of the Illinois River

• The story is set in the Ozark region of Oklahoma.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3