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