WorksheetsWhere the Red Fern grows 1-12
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 25mins
What is the name of the main character?
John
Robert
Alex
Billy
What kind of dogs did the boy want?
boxer
poodle
raccoon hound
retriever
What was the name of the family cat?
Whiskers
Alan
Tabby
Samie
What is the setting of the book?
Idaho
Illinois
Oklahoma
Indiana
How old is the main character at the start of chapter 2?
9
10
11
12
Why wouldn't Billy's parents buy him dogs?
They already had a cat.
The dogs were too expensive.
They hated their son.
The dogs were too far away.
What did Papa buy Billy to get his mind off the dogs?
Candy from the store
A new cat
raccoon-skin
three small steep traps
How far was Tahlequah?
7 miles
32 miles
15 miles
10 miles
What did Billy do before he left the school yard?
played on the swing
slid down the pipe
played with the children
let the dogs run
What did the boys at school call Billy
Billy Boy
Hound Dog
Hillbilly
Poor Boy
What did Billy buy at the store?
dog collars
overalls and cloth
candy and a soda
a pair of shoes
Why does Billy buy things for his family?
It was Christmas.
He felt bad about sneaking out.
He wanted to surprise them.
Billy wanted to bribe them so that they would let him get the dogs.
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."
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
How did Mama feel about Billy going hunting?
worried
excited
proud
ecstatic
"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
What animal do Billy and his dogs hear on their first night together?
A bob cat
A raccoon
A mountain lion
A skunk
Which dog was the bigger of the two?
The boy dog
The girl dog
Which dog was the smarter of the two?
The boy dog
The girl dog
What makes Billy realize he can use the lantern?
It makes a sound of metal hitting metal, like a chain
He stares at it until he realizes it would work
Old Dan tells him to use it
True or False: The lantern's handles continually falls all the time, after the river incident.
True
False
What does Billy use to save Little Ann?
His Axe
His coonskin cap
His lantern
His dog Old Dan
Why does Old Dan stop chasing the racoon?
He gets tired
Little Ann already caught it
Little Ann falls in the cold river
Little Ann stayed indoors
In Chapter 11, what type of night is it when Billy goes out hunting?
Hint: Papa warns him about.
Half moon night
No moon night
Full moon night
True or False: Old Dan had to be pushed in a hole in a tree that he had climbed up.
True
False
Old Dan got stuck in a what while hunting?
Hint: Billy had to dig him out.
possum hole
skunk hole
snake hole
muskrat hole
Why did Old Dan leave Billy during a night's hunt?
He was bored and left
The racoons fooled him into leaving
Old Dan would not hunt without Little Ann, who was healing a wound
Old Dan did go hunting with Billy
Mama makes Billy a what with his first racoon?
a coonskin cap
a tasty stew
a pillow
she stuffs it for Billy to keep
Which of the following is NOT something Billy's grandfather agrees to do to help the boy purchase the puppies?
Place the order for the dogs.
Contact the kennel to make sure they are still in business.
Lend Billy the money to purchase the puppies.
Keep Billy's plan to purchase the puppies a secret.
How does Billy plan on paying his grandfather for the bag of candy he gets from his store?
With the money he has saved.
By working in his grandfather's store.
With money he got for his birthday.
With the earnings from the sale of his first coonskin.
What does Billy do with the bag of candy from his grandfather's store?
Eats it on the way home.
Shares it with his sisters.
Hides it from his sisters.
Shares it with his entire family.
What does Billy use as a piggy bank?
A jar.
An old baking powder can.
An old sock.
An old soda can.
to make somebody temporarily speechless with astonishment
allotted
turpentine
dumbfounded
sparsely
to become, or make somebody become, increasingly bitter, irritated, or resentful
commotion
squalling
muster
festered
to summon up something such as strength or courage that will help in doing something
muster
sheen
caressed
switch
a bright, softly shining surface or appearance
turpentine
aromatic
festered
sheen
think spread, or occurring with many spaces in between
sparsely
allotted
muzzle
sheen
to look or gaze in an unpleasant way
leering
prowled
nonchalantly
abounded
a sudden, sharp pain or painful emotion
quavering
pang
dormant
crude
