Red Fern Chapters 1-4 Comprehension Quiz
  • 1. How did the man break up the dog fight?
A) He started swinging his coat
B) He shook a stick at the dogs
C) He yelled and scolded the dogs
D) He threw rocks into the middle of the fight
  • 2. The story is told in which point of view?
A) Third person present tense
B) Third person flashback
C) First person in present tense
D) First person as flashback
  • 3. What is the setting of this book?
A) The Rocky mountains in North Carolina
B) The Catskills on the Delaware River in New York
C) The Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina
D) The Ozark Mountains on the Illinois River in northeastern Oklahoma
  • 4. The dog did all of the following at the old man's house EXCEPT:
A) He ate all of the meat in the house
B) He had a bath
C) He played with the man's dog
D) He drank quarts of warm milk
  • 5. Who is telling this story?
A) Papa
B) Billy
C) A coon dog
D) Grandpa
  • 6. All of the following sentences are true EXCEPT:
A) The man witnessed a group of dogs fighting
B) The man kept the dog in his backyard for a week
C) The dog rested and ate at the man's house
D) The dog brought back good memories for the man
  • 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) Cries, convinces Billy to give the money to Papa, and teases Billy
D) Pays for the dogs for Billy, cries, and gives him candy
  • 8. Why could Billy NOT have a dog?
A) Billy's sisters have allergies
B) The type of dog Billy wants costs a lot of money
C) Billy's dad hates dogs
D) Billy's family already has too many dogs
  • 9. What causes Billy to receive a switching
A) He breaks the traps
B) He catches Mama's prize hen
C) He catches a raccoon
D) He catches Sammie too many times
  • 10. Who says the following quote to Billy "Oh, you're a hillbilly?
A) The shop keeper
B) Grandpa
C) women folks
D) A school boy
  • 11. All of the following were symptoms of Billy's dog-wanting disease EXCEPT:
A) He dreamed about dogs in his sleep
B) He yelled at his family all of the time
C) He lost weight because food didn't taste good anymore
D) He followed his mom around all day begging for dogs
  • 12. Why did Billy finding the sportsmen magazine in the fisherman's camp change his life forever?
A) He found a fishing pole near the water
B) He found a job to raise money
C) He found a knife in the sycamore bark
D) He read an ad for hound puppies
  • 13. Billy earned money doing all of the following EXCEPT:
A) Delivering newspapers
B) Selling things to the fishermen such as crawfish, minnows, and fresh vegetables
C) Picking berries to sell in his grandpa's store
D) Trapping furs in the winter
  • 14. How long did it take for Billy to save up enough money to buy the two hounds?
A) 7 years
B) 6 months
C) 2 years
D) 1 year
  • 15. As a way of celebrating, Grandpa gave Billy _______.
A) Some candy
B) A toy yo yo
C) A knife
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) The pups were waiting in the store
C) His grandpa had ordered the two pups
D) The price of dogs had gone up by $50 in the last two years
  • 17. What did Billy NOT buy at the store?
A) Shoes for himself
B) Cloth for Mama
C) A sack of candy for his sisters
D) Overalls for Papa
  • 18. How did Billy feel about himself after seeing his full reflection in the window?
A) Stout
B) Mad
C) Odd
D) Wild
  • 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) Foreshadowing
D) Allusion
  • 21. True or False, Billy shares his Grandpa's candy with his three sisters.
A) False
B) True
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