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Where the Red Fern Grows

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 12hrs 16mins

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Class

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What does Billy want more than anything in the world?

1. 2 cats

2. 2 hounds

3. 2 coons

Where does Billy's family live?

1. Along the Mississippi river

2. The state of Oragan

3. The Ozarks mountains

What does Papa buy Billy to get his mind off of dogs?

1. Papa buys him 3 animal traps

2. Papa buys him 6 chickens

3. Papa buys him a gun

What animal does Billy keep catching in his traps?

1. a raccoon

2. Sammy the house cat

3. a rat

Where does Billy hid the money he is saving?

1. in a K.C. Baking Soda can

2. in a cardboard box

3. in a plastic bottle

What kinds of jobs does Billy do to earn money?

1. sells cookies, pies, and brownies to the fishermen

2. sells clothes and shoes

3. sells worms, crawfish, and berries to the fishermen

Where does Billy find the ad to buy his hounds?

1. In a cookbook

2. In a newspaper

3. Sportsman's magazine

Who much money does Billy need to save to buy 2 hounds?

1. $100

2. $50

3.$20

What town does Billy have to travel to, to get his hounds?

1. Tahlequah

2. Lake Jackson

3. Freeport

10.

What happens to Billy when he enters the town?

1. the people are nice to him

2. the people start to make fun of him

3. he is arrested by the marshal

11.

Why does Billy get into a fight with the town's boys?

1. one of the boys pulled his pups ears

2. one of the boys stole his bike

3. one of the boys pulled Billy's hair

12.

What does the word "prowl" mean? Billy would prowl along the river bottoms.

1. looking around for items he could find

2. swimming in the river

3. helping papa around the farm

13.

What does the word "bawling" mean? Old Dan and Little Ann starting bawling when they were on the trail of a coon.

barking/short sounds

2. howling/long deep sounds

3. coughing

14.

Where does Billy find the names for his hounds?

1. carved on a park bench

2. carved on a tree

3. carved on a rock

15.

What does Billy name his 2 hounds?

1. Dan and Ann

2. Dave and Anna

3. David and Sarah

16.

What does the word "skinned" mean?

"Billy skinned each coon his hounds treed and sold them for money."

1. to cut the skin/fur off the animal

2. trapping an animal in a cage

3. training hounds to track the smell of a coon

17.

What does the smother mean?
"Billy cut two holes in the sack so the pups would not smother."

1. not able to breath

2. not able to sing

3. not able to eat

18.

What kind of dangerous animal attacks Billy in the woods?

1. a bear

2. a tiger

3. a mountain lion

19.

What does Billy buy for his dad in town?

1. a mule

2. a gun

3. overalls

20.

What does the word lantern mean?
"Billy uses his lantern at night while he walked through the woods to help him see in the dark."

1. an object to gives light by fire

2. an object that makes noise

3. an object that cuts wood

21.

What does the word "hollow"?

1. the inside of a barn

2. the inside of a tree trunk

3. the inside of a wagon

22.

What does the word "treed" mean? Billy's hounds treed their first coon.

1. to run a coon up a tree and keep it there

2. to plant a tree by the river

3. to chase a coon across the river

23.

How much money do the Preacher boys bet Billy?

1. $2.00

2. $5.00

3. $10.00

24.

The Preacher boys ask grandpa for 2 plugs of tobacco. Who do they say the tobacco is for?

1. the tobacco is for them

2. the tobacco is for their mom

3. the tobacco is for their Pa (dad)

25.

IDIOM: "My feet were nailed to the floor!"

1. Billy was so scared he couldn't move.

2. Billy was running all over the place.

3. Billy had nails in his feet.

26.

IDIOM: "My throat was tied up in a knot."

1. Billy couldn't speak

2. Billy had a rope around his neck

3. Billy was yelling and screaming

27.

What kind of animal skin does Billy need to train his hounds?

1. a skunk hide

2. a coon hide

3. a rabbit hide

28.

The price of hounds went down. How much change does grandpa give Billy?

1. $100

2. $50

3. $10

29.

IDIOM: "Your gonna lick them Billy." Grandpa told Billy about the contest.

1. Billy was going to stick his tongue out and lick the dogs

2. Billy was going to win the contest

3. Billy was going to get lost in the woods

30.

What does the word "treed" mean?
"Old Dan and Little Ann have treed their first coon."

1. to chase a raccoon up into a tree

2. to chase a raccoon into a smoke house

3. to chase a raccoon into a river

31.

Billy has promised his hounds, if they tree a coon, he will do the rest.
What kind of tree do the dogs tree their first coon?

1. a small Pine Tree

2. a great big Sycamore Tree

3. a big Pecan Tree

32.

Billy has chopped on the tree for a day. Finally, when he can no longer chop he prays to God for some help. What does God do to help Billy?

1. a great wind blows the coon out of the tree

2. a great wind breaks the branch where the coon is sitting

3. a great wind blows the Sycamore Tree down

33.

What does Billy's mom do with his first coon skin?

1. she sells it to buy food

2. she make Billy a coon skin hat

3. she sells it to buy a mule

34.

What does the word "hollow" mean?
"Old Dan chased a coon up a hollow tree and got stuck."

1. a large empty space inside a tree

2. the outside covering of a tree (bark)

3. the roots of the tree

35.

Where does Billy hang his coon skins to dry?

1. the barn

2. on a tree

3. on the smokehouse wall

36.

While at grandpa's store, the Preacher boys have made a bet with Billy. What is the bet?

1. Billy's dogs can't tree the Bear Coon

2. Billy's dogs can't tree the Ghost Coon

3. Billy's dogs can't tree the Rabbit Coon

37.

What do you think the word "tyrant" means?
"The mean Preacher boys are the are tyrants of the story and are always up to no good."

1. they are the troublemakers and bullies.

2. they are friendly and helpful

3. they are happy and nice

38.

How much money is it to enter into the cash pool?

1. $10

2. $5

3. $2

39.

How much money is it to enter into the cash pool?

1. $10

2. $5

3. $2

40.

Who pays to enter in the cash pool contest?

1. Papa

2. Billy

3. Grandpa

41.

Why can't all the teams go hunting on the same night?

1. It is too dangerous because of the guns

2. There are not enough coons in the woods

3. The dogs will get into a fight

42.

What happens to grandpa while hunting in the storm

1. Grandpa walks back to camp

2. Grandpa falls down and knocks himself out

3. Grandpa shoots 3 raccoons out of a tree

43.

How do they find grandpa in the woods during the cold rain storm?

1. They use a flashlight

2. They use Old Dan and Little Ann to sniff him out

3. They use a helicopter

44.

What attacks Billy and the hounds while they are hunting in the woods?

1. a bear

2. a mountain lion

3. a bobcat

45.

Which one of Billy's hounds gets killed by the mountain lion?

1. Old Dan

2. Little Ann

3. Old Danny

46.

Why do you think Little Ann is not eating, drinking, or playing with Billy?

1. She is lonely because her best friend Old Dan has died

2. She does not like the food that Billy is giving her

3. She wants to go hunting and Billy will not take her

47.

Where does Billy find Little Ann when he can't find her around the farm or in the house?

1. He finds Little Ann in the woods

2. He finds Little Ann swimming in the river

3. He finds Little Ann laying by Old Dan's grave

48.

Why do you think Little Ann died?

1. she died of a broken heart

2. she died of a snake bite

3. she died because the mountain scratched her

49.

What kind of plant grows between Old Dan's and Little Ann's graves?

1. a red rose

2. a red bush

3. a red fern

50.

What does the red fern symbolize?
What does it mean?

1. it means bad luck

2. it means the greatest love of all

3. it means good luck

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Where the Red Fern Grows

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 12hrs 16mins

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