Where the Red Fern Grows 50 Question
Test
By Group 6 Pd. 3
Multiple Choice
Circle the correct answer
1. What does the narrator find that stirs his memories?
a. Billy
c. His watch
b. Snake
d. Coon hound
2. What does he do with it?
a. Takes care of it
c. Shoos it away
b. Ignores it
d. Buys it candy
3. Who is the main character?
a. Tommy
c. Billy
b. Anna
d. Danny
4. What does the narrator say every boy feels at some point?
a. Cut
c. Sadness
b. Broken bone
d. Puppy love
5. What kind of dog does he want?
a. Coon hound
c. Race dog
b. Sheep dog
d. Guard dog
6. How many dogs does Billy want?
a. 1
c. 3
b. 2
d. 4
7. What did Papa buy him to help his dog wanting?
a. A cat
c. Fish bait
b. A plow
d. Three steel traps
8. What did Billy keep catching?
a. Fish
c. His sister
b. The cat
d. A chicken
9. Where was he told to put his traps?
a. The fields
c. Up a tree
b. The Canebrakes d. The barn
10. What did Billy catch there?
a. Woodland animals c. Birds
b. Field mice
d. Rats
Matching
Put the letter of the answer next to the correct question
11. What kind of skin was Billy missing? ___
a. $50
12. What did Billy hear while in bed? ___
b. Two years
13. What did Billy find that “changed his life”? ___
c. He wanted a mule
14. How much did the dogs cost? ___
d. Raccoon hide
15. How did Billy gain his money? ___
e. $10
16. Where did Billy store his money? ___
f. Coon hound
17. How long did it take for Billy to reach his goal? ___ g. Doing odd jobs
18. Who helped Billy buy the dogs? ___
h. Sports magazine
19. Why didn’t Billy tell his father? ___
i. A tin can
20. How much did the price of the dogs drop? ___
j. Grandpa
True/False
Put true or false next to each statement
21. Billy got the pups at the airport. _____
22. Billy had a good combination of brains and speed. _____
23. Billy bought his dad overalls. _____
24. Billy needed a skunk hide to train the dogs. _____
25. Billy caught his first raccoon using Grandpa’s trap. _____
26. Billy trained his dogs to figure out all the raccoon’s tricks. _____
27. The first raccoon they treed hid in the smallest tree in the forest. _____
28. Grandpa made a scarecrow that kept the raccoon in the tree. _____
29. Billy’s first coon hide was made into a hat. _____
30. The Pritchards bet Billy that he couldn’t hunt the “phantom coon.” _____
Short answer
Write the answer on the blank
31. What happened to Rubin? _____________________________________
32. Why did Billy leave flowers on Rubin’s grave? ____________________
33. Why did Grandpa send for Billy? _______________________________
34. Who did Billy promise to give the golden cup to? __________________
35. What did Billy hear that was supposedly bad luck? _________________
36. What was the contest that Little Ann won? ________________________
37. What night was Billy supposed to hunt? __________________________
38. How many coons did Billy catch the first night? ___________________
39. How many competitors were in the second stage of the competition
including Billy? _________
40. What happened while they were hunting the second time? ___________
_____________________________________________________________
Fill in the Blank
Complete the statement
41. Billy said they should hunt in the ________ the second night.
42. The dogs fought the first coon of the second night in the _______.
43. A large _______ came on the second night.
44. Grandpa tripped and hurt his ________.
45. There were _______ coon(s) in the hollow tree.
Short Essay
Answer and explain your reasoning
46. Why do you think Old Dan and Little Ann were so close?
47. What kind of an impact did the dogs have on Billy’s life?
48. How do you think God answered Mama’s prayer of having the kids get
educated?
49. What do you think the Red Fern symbolized?
50. Do you think the book had a good ending? Why or why not?