Where the Red Fern Grows Reading Quiz- Chapter 9

What does Billy's grandpa say a person needs in order to cut down a tree as large as the one Billy is attempting to cut down?

• strength and courage

• muscle and grit

• food and rest

• friends to help with cutting the tree down.

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What is Grandpa's plan to keep the coon up in the tree?

• to make traps all around the tree

• to build a scarecrow to frigthen the coon

• to put food int othe tree to keep the coon fed

• to keep this buggy's engine froaring to scare the coon

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Why doesn't old Dan want to leave the big sycamore tree when Billy calls him to the buggy?

• Old Dan wants to catch the coon in the tree

• Old DAn was tired of walking and wanted to sleep.

• Old Dan wanted to stay next to Little Ann

• Old Dan was afraid of not getting enough food for the night

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Why is Billy's mama alarmed when she sees Billy for the first time since starting to cut down the sycamore tree?

• Billy has a large cut over his eyebrow

• Billy's shirt was torn below his shoulder

• Billy's dog little Ann kept crying over Billy

• Billy appears stiff and sore as he leaves his Grandpa's buggy

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What trick does grandpa think the coon used to trick Billy's dogs as Billy was hunting?

• The old snatch and grab

• The river swimming trick

• The tall tree trick

• The backtracking trik

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What is the new fad in New England that is becoming very popular in the nation at the time of this story being told?

• Coon skin hats

• Coonskin coats

• Coonskin vests

• Beaver skin hats

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After Billy discovers that Old Dan has run away out of the year, where does Billy find him again?

• In his dog house down by the river

• Playing with Billy's sister behind the house

• Down by the big sycamore tree

• Waiting in Billy's grandpa's buggy

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As Billy examines the area after finding Old Dan, he notices tow beds had been scratched into the leaves in the ground. What does this mean?

• Little An had been with Old Dan over the night

• Billy's sisters had been down with Old Dan during the night

• There were actuallyh two raccoons up in the tree

• One of Old Dan's paws was injured

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As Billy is wrapping his hands up to continue chopping, a gust of angry wind seems to only blow on the tree Billy is chopping down. Who does the narrator of the story believes helped Billy choop down the tree?

• Billy's papa

• Billy's courage

• Zarina's strength

• God

• Billy's grandfather

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