Red Fern Chapters 1-4 Comprehension Quiz
  • 1. How did the man break up the dog fight?
A) He threw rocks into the middle of the fight
B) He yelled and scolded the dogs
C) He shook a stick at the dogs
D) He started swinging his coat
  • 2. The story is told in which point of view?
A) First person in present tense
B) Third person present tense
C) First person as flashback
D) Third person flashback
  • 3. What is the setting of this book?
A) The Rocky mountains in North Carolina
B) The Ozark Mountains on the Illinois River in northeastern Oklahoma
C) The Catskills on the Delaware River in New York
D) The Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina
  • 4. The dog did all of the following at the old man's house EXCEPT:
A) He played with the man's dog
B) He ate all of the meat in the house
C) He had a bath
D) He drank quarts of warm milk
  • 5. Who is telling this story?
A) Papa
B) Grandpa
C) A coon dog
D) Billy
  • 6. All of the following sentences are true EXCEPT:
A) The man kept the dog in his backyard for a week
B) The man witnessed a group of dogs fighting
C) The dog brought back good memories for the man
D) The dog rested and ate at the man's house
  • 7. It is evident that Grandpa is fond of Billy because
A) agrees to order the dogs, cries, and gives him candy.
B) Convinces Billy to give the money to Papa, gives him candy, and cries
C) Pays for the dogs for Billy, cries, and gives him candy
D) Cries, convinces Billy to give the money to Papa, and teases Billy
  • 8. Why could Billy NOT have a dog?
A) Billy's sisters have allergies
B) Billy's family already has too many dogs
C) The type of dog Billy wants costs a lot of money
D) Billy's dad hates dogs
  • 9. What causes Billy to receive a switching
A) He catches Mama's prize hen
B) He catches a raccoon
C) He catches Sammie too many times
D) He breaks the traps
  • 10. Who says the following quote to Billy "Oh, you're a hillbilly?
A) Grandpa
B) The shop keeper
C) A school boy
D) women folks
  • 11. All of the following were symptoms of Billy's dog-wanting disease EXCEPT:
A) He yelled at his family all of the time
B) He dreamed about dogs in his sleep
C) He followed his mom around all day begging for dogs
D) He lost weight because food didn't taste good anymore
  • 12. Why did Billy finding the sportsmen magazine in the fisherman's camp change his life forever?
A) He found a job to raise money
B) He found a fishing pole near the water
C) He read an ad for hound puppies
D) He found a knife in the sycamore bark
  • 13. Billy earned money doing all of the following EXCEPT:
A) Picking berries to sell in his grandpa's store
B) Trapping furs in the winter
C) Delivering newspapers
D) Selling things to the fishermen such as crawfish, minnows, and fresh vegetables
  • 14. How long did it take for Billy to save up enough money to buy the two hounds?
A) 1 year
B) 2 years
C) 7 years
D) 6 months
  • 15. As a way of celebrating, Grandpa gave Billy _______.
A) A toy yo yo
B) A knife
C) Some candy
D) Some soda pop
  • 16. What news did Billy get when he visited his grandpa's store on Monday?
A) The person selling the pups had moved and could no longer be reached
B) His grandpa had ordered the two pups
C) The price of dogs had gone up by $50 in the last two years
D) The pups were waiting in the store
  • 17. What did Billy NOT buy at the store?
A) Overalls for Papa
B) A sack of candy for his sisters
C) Shoes for himself
D) Cloth for Mama
  • 18. How did Billy feel about himself after seeing his full reflection in the window?
A) Mad
B) Wild
C) Odd
D) Stout
  • 19. Write a journal entry from Billy's perspective about his experience in town in Chapter 4 (At least 3 complete sentences)
  • 20. The following quote is an example of which type of figurative language? "I had lost weight and was as thin as a bean pole."
A) Personification
B) Simile
C) Allusion
D) Foreshadowing
  • 21. True or False, Billy shares his Grandpa's candy with his three sisters.
A) True
B) False
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