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Where the Red Fern Grows

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does it mean to be wiley?

a)

creative

b)

smart;cunning

c)

belligerent

d)

rude

2.

What does leeward mean?

a)

a shelter

b)

the behavior of an impolite person

c)

reluctant

d)

the sheltered side of something

3.

If something is dormant, then it is

a)

active

b)

shy

c)

inactive

d)

fragrant

4.

Who said the following quote?

" When I was a boy, I had a pet coon. By watching him, I saw and learned a lot of things."

a)

Papa

b)

Mama

c)

Billy

d)

Grandpa

5.

What type of figurative language is the following quote?

"I could feel the silence closing in."

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

6.

What type of figurative language is the following quote?

"Seems like that old man can cook up more deals than anyone in the country."

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

7.

On his way back from town, Billy said, "... it was all too perfect." What was too perfect?

a)

That he had saved enough money for the dogs.

b)

That he was able to think of great names for the dogs.

c)

That he found the magazine and prayed for dogs in the same place as he found the idea for the dogs' names.

d)

That his grandfather helped him get the dogs.

8.

Which of the Pritchard boys wanted to make the bet in the first place?

a)

Rubin

b)

Rainie

9.

Billy felt the "cold fingers of doubt" while at the championship hunt because....

a)

He didn't think his dogs were good enough.

b)

His dogs were too small.

c)

He was overwhelmed by the size of the hunting area.

d)

He was overwhelmed by the experience of the other hunters and their hounds.

10.

The red fern and its legend symbolizes

a)

death of something/someon

b)

Indian folklore

c)

the color of blood

d)

it marks something admirable and special