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New Red Fern Chapters 5-9 Comprehension Quiz
Contributed by: Ramey
(Original author: Lacy)
  • 1. How did most of the townspeople treat Billy?
A) They laughed at him
B) The admired his outfit
C) They all wanted to be his friend
D) They made him feel welcome
  • 2. Billy took teasing from the gang until ________
A) They started clapping and chanting
B) One called him 'dog boy'
C) One pulled his dog's ear
D) One stomped on his foot
  • 3. How did Billy's feelings change toward the Marshall?
A) From angry toward the Marshall to finding a friend in him.
B) From scared of the Marshall to mad at him.
C) From scared of the Marshall to finding a friend in him.
  • 4. True or False? On his way home from town, Billy spent the night under an oak tree.
A) False
B) True
  • 5. What dangerous animal awakened Billy during the night?
A) An owl
B) A black bear
C) A skunk
D) A mountain lion
  • 6. What connection did Billy notice between the names carved in the tree and his pups personalities
A) The name Dan was messy and large. The name Ann was messy and small.
B) The name Dan was large and bold. The name Ann was messy and large
C) The name Dan was bold and large. The name Ann was small and neat
  • 7. When Papa asked Billy how he liked town, Billy told him ___________
A) He wanted to move there
B) He didn't like it at all
C) He loved it
D) He made lots of friends
  • 8. Papa told Billy that the pipe he had slid down was actually a __________
A) Support beam
B) Fire Escape
C) Drain pipe
D) Garbage chute
  • 9. Billy made all the following for his pups EXCEPT -
A) Collars
B) Doghouse
C) Leash
  • 10. How did Grandpa learn about the nails and hole strategy to catch a "wily, old coon?"
A) From hearing stories from other coon hunters
B) From his sister who hunted coons
C) From having a pet coon in his youth
  • 11. Why does Grandpa's strategy for catching a coon work?
A) The strategy does not work
B) The trap holds the coon in place
C) The coon will never let go of the shiny object
  • 12. Complete the following analogy. Billy is to persistent as coon is to
A) curious
B) runt
C) uncatchable
D) dog lover
  • 13. What reason did Papa NOT give for telling Billy to not use traps anymore?
A) It's summertime and the coons' fur isn't any good
B) Traps don't give the coon a chance
C) Traps aren't very sportsmanlike
D) The trap didn't work
  • 14. Why did Billy need a raccoon hide?
A) To train his pups
B) To make a blanket for the cat
C) For Papa's birthday cap
D) To make a coat for Mama
  • 15. How did Mama feel about Billy going hunting for the first time?
A) Happy
B) Mad
C) Excited
D) Worried
  • 16. What was NOT a name that Billy called the big sycamore tree?
A) The Chicken Tree
B) The Giant Tree
C) The Big Tree
D) The Little Tree
  • 17. When Billy says, "...but I thought something strange happened down in the bottoms." What does his quote mean?
A) The dogs kept barking
B) Billy didn't say that
C) God helped him get the tree down
D) Lightning hit the tree
  • 18. What was Grandpa's trick for keeping the coon in the tree?
A) He played loud music
B) He built a big fire
C) He yelled at the coon
D) He made a scarecrow
  • 19. Which sentence from the book supports the conclusion that Billy believes God helped him?
A) "You must remember the big sycamore was the tallest tree in the bottoms"
B) "Do you think God heard my prayer?"
C) "No, I'm afraid I can't help you there"
D) "It wasn't hard for me to decide. I was firmly convinced that I had been helped."
  • 20. The following quote is an example of what type of figurative language? "my back screamed pain."
A) alliteration
B) simile
C) onomatopoeia
D) personification
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