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Where the Red Fern Grows Final Quizizz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In what state does this story take place?

a)

Oklahoma

b)

Virginia

c)

Ohio

d)

Alabama

2.
In "Where the Red Fern Grows" the story starts in present day and then went back in time. What literary device is that called?
a)
foreward
b)
Prequel
c)
flashback
d)
epilogue
3.
How long did Billy save up to get his dogs?
a)
Two years
b)
Two months
c)
Three years
d)
Three years and two months
4.
What did Billy find in the campground that would change his life?
a)
A baking soda can
b)
Two puppies
c)
An advertisement for hound dogs
d)
a large raccoon
5.
How did Billy catch his first raccoon?
a)
With his steel traps.
b)
With a trap his dad showed him how to make.
c)
With his dogs
d)
With a trap his grandpa showed him how to make.
6.
Why was it so important to Billy to cut down the large sycamore tree that his dogs had chased the raccoon to?
a)
He didn't want to let his dogs down.
b)
He didn't want to let his grandpa down.
c)
He needed the money from the raccoon hide.
d)
Billy wanted to let everyone know that he could cut down that large tree.
7.
What animal did Billy and the dogs face on the way home from town?
a)
cougar
b)
mountain lion
c)
panther
d)
bear
8.
Where did Billy get the ideas for his dogs' names?
a)
a tree
b)
his head
c)
his sisters
d)
his father
9.

What type of dog does Billy have?

a)

Beagle

b)

Fox hound

c)

Redbone raccoon hound

d)

Silky Terrier

10.
Why did Billy get into a fight with the boys in town? 
a)
They made fun of his clothes
b)
They pulled the dog's ears
c)
They would not let him on the slide
d)
They kicked dirt at him
11.
How did the fight in town with the boys stop? 
a)
Billy passed out
b)
Billy ran away
c)
The marshal broke up the fight 
d)
The boy ran away from Billy 
12.
Who encourages Billy to make the bet with the Pritchard boys?
a)
Billy’s grandfather
b)
Billy’s father
c)
Billy’s mother
d)
Billy’s dogs
13.
What is the best explanation for what happens to Little Ann after Old Dan’s death?
a)
She is heartbroken and has lost her will to live.
b)
She is injured in the bobcat fight.
c)
She develops cancer.
d)
She is poisoned.
14.
The title of the novel refers to
a)
the new town the family is moving to
b)
a dream Billy once had
c)
an old Native American legend
d)
the town where Billy lives
15.

Why was the racoon called the ghost raccoon?

a)

The raccoon made a howling sound like a ghost

b)

The raccoon was white, the color of a ghost

c)

The raccoon always seemed to disappear

16.
What happened to Rubin?
a)
He fell into the river
b)
He fell over the cliff
c)
He fell onto the ax
17.
What did Billy do to pay his respects to Rubin? 
a)
He attended the funeral
b)
He wrote a letter to the Pritchards
c)
He put flowers on Rubin's grave
18.

What happened to Old Dan?

a)

He moved to the city with the family

b)

He was wounded by a mountain lion

c)

He got hurt in a fight with Old Blue

19.

How was Rubin's death different in the movie than the book?

a)

In the movie, Rubin tripped on a stick and fell on the ax.

b)

In the book, Billy tripped Rubin.

c)

In the movie, Billy tripped Rubin.

d)

In the book, Rubin didn't die.

20.

"Because of my grandfather's bragging...a terrible thing happened." Identify the figurative language.

a)

personification

b)

foreshadowing

c)

idiom

d)

simile

21.

“...I told him that I wouldn't blame the raccoon if he stayed in the tree until Gabriel blew his horn." Identify the figurative language.

a)

personification

b)

foreshadowing

c)

metaphor

d)

allusion

22.

“The wind itself seemed to be angry at the big tree's stubborn resistance.” Identify the figurative language.

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

idiom

23.

“By the time I had reached the river, every nerve in my body was drawn up as tight as a fiddlestring." Identify the figurative language.

a)

metaphor

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

simile

d)

hyperbole

24.

"’Why, Grandpa,’ I said, ‘you couldn't catch a raccoon in a jillion years with that thing…’” Identify the figurative language.

a)

hyperbole

b)

simile

c)

idiom

d)

allusion

25.

"Before the echo had died away the deep "Ou-u-u-u" of Old Dan rolled out of the river bottoms." Identify the figurative language.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia