WorksheetsWhere the Red Fern Grows and Story Elements
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins
Which of the following events in Where the Red Fern Grows was part of the exposition?
Old man Bill walked home from work and saw a dog fight.
Billy saved Little Ann from the icy river.
Rubin tripped over an ax.
Billy and his family move to the city.
What type of character stays the same throughout the story.
protagonist
round character
static character
dynamic character
Which of the following characters is the protagonist in Where the Red Fern Grows?
Papa
Rubin Pritchard
Grandpa
Billy Coleman
Where the Red Fern Grows is told from Billy's perspective. What type of point of view is this?
First-person point of view
Third-person limited point of view
Third-person omniscient point of view
Billy and his dogs were challenged by a mountain lion. What type of conflict is this?
person vs. person
person vs. self
person vs. society
person vs. nature
What is the setting of Where the Red Fern Grows?
The Rocky Mountains in Colorado
Along the Delaware River in New York
The Ozark Mountains in Oklahoma
The Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina
Which of the following events is the climax of Where the Red Fern Grows?
Billy gets in a fight with the kids in Tahlequah.
Billy wins the championship coon hunt.
Rubin dies
The mountain lion attacks
___________________ is the central idea or message of a story.
theme
conflict
resolution
flashback
The two cups (trophies) that Bill had on his mantle at the beginning of the book gave the readers a clue that Ann and Dan would be successful at the championship coon hunt that occurred later in the story. This clue is an example of ____________________.
a flashback
external conflict
foreshadowing
theme
What type of character is Rubin Pritchard?
antagonist
round character
dynamic character
protagonist
In the first chapter of Where the Red Fern Grows, old man Bill thought back to the memories of his childhood. The rest of the book tells stories about the memories that he had. This is an example of _______________________.
a flashback
foreshadowing
a resolution
an exposition
Is Billy a flat character or a round character?
flat character
round character
Is Rainie Pritchard a flat character or a round character?
flat character
round character
Is Mama a static character or dynamic character?
static character
dynamic character
Which type of character changes throughout a story?
static character
dynamic character
antagonist
flat character
The falling action is the logical result of the climax. Which one of the following events would be considered part of the falling action.
Old Dan dies.
Billy wins the gold cup.
Billy trains his pups to hunt.
Billy bought overall, material, and candy for his family.
At the beginning of this book, what did Papa buy Billy to help him get over the hurt of not being able to get the hound dogs he wanted.
candy
traps
a bike
a cat
What does Billy say he found that "changed his whole life"?
The ghost coon
The sportsman's magazine
An ax
A fishing lure
In Tahlequah, Bily stopped at the school yard to __________________.
swing on the swings.
spin on the merry-go-round
hang on the monkey bars
slide down the pipe
In Tahlequah, Billy took the teasing from the gang of kids until ______________________. This is what lead to the fight.
one boy called him "Dog Boy"
one boy stomped on his right foot
the kids started calling him "hillbilly"
one boy pulled his dog's ear
What inspired Billy to name his dogs "Old Dan" and "Little Ann".
The names were traced in the sand of the school playground in Tahlequah.
The names were etched on the bottom of the KC baking powder can.
The names were carved in the tree down at the fisherman's camp.
They were the names of his grandpa and grandma.
What did Billy name the tree that Old Dan and Little Ann treed their first coon in? It was that tree that Billy had to chop down.
The Enormous Wonder
The Marvelous Giant
God's Gift
The Big Tree
Billy took the money he earned from the coon skins and _______________________.
bought gifts for his family
paid to get entered into the championship coon hunt
gave it to Papa
gave it to the Pritchards after Rubin died
Why wouldn't Rubin and Rainie give Billy his $2.00 back?
They claimed that Old Dan and Little Ann had not killed the ghost coon.
They said they needed the money because their family was poor.
They needed it to buy chewing tobacco.
They needed it because they were saving to buy their own hunting dog.
What stopped Rubin from beating up Billy?
The marshal came along and scared him away.
Rubin heard a screech owl and was afraid of the superstition.
Old Blue and Old Dan started fighting.
Rainie told Rubin to stop so they wouldn't get into trouble with Billy's grandpa.
What happened on the way to the coon hunt that caused Billy to think that he would have bad luck?
He heard two screech owls.
A black cat crossed Billy's path.
He broke Grandpa's mirror.
He heard a mountain lion.
During the final night of the championship coon hunt, Billy would NOT come out of the storm because _______________________.
he wanted to win the gold cup more than anything
he was lost
he did not want to leave his dogs out in the storm
he could not find Grandpa
How much money did Billy receive for winning the championship coon hunt?
about $200.00
about $300.00
about $400.00
about $500.00
What type of plant was growing at the place where Billy buried his dogs?
a sycamore tree
a white oak
a rose bush
a red fern
What did Papa do with all the money that Billy earned from hunting?
He bought Mama material to make new dresses.
He saved the money to start a college fund for Billy and his sisters.
He bought a new mule for the farm.
He saved the money to move the family to the city.
Which character entered Old Dan and Little Ann into the coon hunting championship?
Grandpa
Billy
Mama
The Marshal
Which character beat up Billy while hunting for the ghost coon?
Rainie Pritchard
Rubin Pritchard
Samie
Old Dan
Which character won a beauty contest?
Samie
Mama
Old Dan
Little Ann
Which character sprained an ankle?
Grandpa
Papa
Billy
Rubin
Which character wanted to buy a new mule?
Rubin
Papa
Billy
Mr. Kyle
Which character bought overalls, candy, and material for the family?
Grandpa
Mama
Billy
Papa
Which character got stuck in a muskrat den?
Old Dan
Little Ann
Old Blue
The Ghost Coon
Which character showed Billy how to keep a coon in a tree so he could go home and get some rest?
Papa
Mama
Grandpa
The Marshal
Which character always worried about Billy and didn't like him hunting all the time.
Mama
Grandma
Grandpa
Papa
Which character gave Billy a strawberry soda pop?
Grandpa
The Marshal
The Station Master
Papa
Which character said the following quote?
"I've seen them do things that I couldn't understand. I'd never heard of hounds that ever had any affection for anyone, but these dogs are different. Did you know they won't hunt with anyone but him, not even me?"
Papa
Mama
Grandpa
Mr. Kyle
Which character said the following quote?
"It's all over. There'll be no more lessons. I've worked hard and I've done my best. From now on it's all up to you."
Papa
Grandpa
Rainie Pritchard
Billy
Which character said the following quote?
"I don't want you children to grow up without an education, not even knowing what a bottle of soda pop is, or ever seeing the inside of a schoolhouse."
Mama
Grandpa
Grandpa
The Marshal
Which character said the following quote?
"...it's your money. You worked for it, and you worked hard. You got it honestly, and you want some dogs. We're going to get those dogs."
Rubin
Papa
Grandpa
Mama
Which character said the following quote?
"You ready to pay off?" he asked. "I told you them hounds couldn't tree the ghost coon."
The boy in Tahlequah
Mr. Kyle
Mr. Benson
Rainie Pritchard
True or False: Billy bought his sisters some strawberry soda pop in Tahlequah.
true
false
True or False: Billy thought Little Ann was smarter than Old Dan.
True
False
True or False: Right before the Championship Coon Hunt, Billy found out Mama was going to have a baby.
True
False
True or False: Billy's family never moved to the city.
True
False
True or False: The children at the school in Tahlequah asked if Billy wanted to play with them.
true
false
