WorksheetsWhere the Red Fern Grows - Chapters 6-8
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 14mins
Where did Billy get the idea for his dogs' names?
a tree
his head
his sisters
his father
Why does Papa say that Grandpa's raccoon trap is "unsportsmanlike"?
they weren't built right
they won't catch a raccoon
it hurts the raccoons too much
the raccoons don't have a chance
Why do Mama and Papa want to move to town?
so their children can get an education
it is a more modern and clean place
dogs aren't allowed there
mama likes the fashion there
How did Mama feel about Billy going hunting?
worried
excited
proud
ecstatic
In chapter 7, Billy needs a raccoon skin to do what?
make himself a raccoon skin cap
train his dogs to hunt
prove that he is a good hunter
sell them to Grandpa for money
Which dog is larger, more aggressive, and unpredictable?
Old Dan
Little Ann
Which piece of text is the best example of personification?
"I kept the side of our smokehouse plastered with hides."
"I saw her when she passed me going up the bank, sniffing and searching for the trail."
"At first I was mad but one look at dancing Little Ann and all was forgiven."
"The first half hour was torture. At each swing of the ax my arms felt like they were being torn from their sockets."
"By the time I had reached the river, every never in my body was drawn up as tight as a fiddle string." Identify the figurative language in this sentence.
metaphor
simile
personification
idiom
How was Grandpa's trap able to capture a raccoon?
because raccoons are too large for the trap
because the trap was complicated
because the raccoon was greedy
because the trap worked quickly
