Where the Red Fern Grows Chapters 1 - 2

1. How did the man break up the dog fight?
a) He yelled and scolded the dogs.
b) He started swinging his coat.
c) He threw rocks into the middle of the fight.
d) He shook a stick at the dogs.

2. Why did the man feel the need to take care of the hurt dog?
a) Seeing the dog brought back memories of a dog the man had as a young boy.
b) The man worked for the city, and it was his duty to care for the dog.
c) The man had a kind heart and hated to see any animal bested by others.

3. What did the man have on his mantel?
a) an old clock
b) green candles
c) a trophy
d) two cups

4. Who is telling this story?
a) Billy
b) Grandpa
c) Papa
d) a coon dog

5. What is the setting of this book?
a) The story takes place in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
b) The story takes place in the Catskills on the Delaware River in New York.
c) The story takes place in the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina.
d) The story takes place in the Ozark Mountains on the Illinois River in northeastern Okalahoma.

6. Why could Billy NOT have a dog?
a) The type of dog Billy wanted costs a lot of money.
b) Billy's parents did not want a dog.
c) Billy's sister had an allergy to dogs.
d) Billy's family could not afford to feed a dog.

7. Papa bought Billy _____________ to help him get over the hurt of not getting the hound dogs he wanted.
a) candy
b) traps
c) a bike
d) a cat

8. What was the first animal Billy caught in his traps?
a) a rat
b) a squirrel
c) a cat
d) a skunk

9. What animal could Billy NOT catch?
a) raccoon
b) rabbit
c) opossum
d) skunk

10. Which question does this part of the story answer?
a) How did Billy get the two cups?
b) What were the names of Billy's sisters?
c) Will Billy be satisfied with the traps?
d) Who owned the hound that Billy heard howling each night as he went to bed?

11. Although the hound had no way of knowing it, he had stirred memories, and what priceless treasures they were. Memories of my boyhood days, an old K. C. Baking Powder can, and two little red hounds.

This passage implies ____________.
a) Billy will save enough money to buy the coon hounds he longs to own.
b) The man Billy will keep the hound he rescues from the dog fight.
c) Billy finds treasures that makes him rich enough to buy some coon dogs.
d) Billy will help his mother bake biscuits with some baking powder.

12. What is the main conflict in Chapter 2?
a) Billy has to work too hard on the farm to have time to do the things he wants to do.
b) Billy is having trouble catching the rats in the barn.
c) Billy is always catching the cat in his trap.
d) Billy wants coon dogs, but his family is too poor to buy them for him.



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1. (b)
2. (a)
3. (d)
4. (a)
5. (d)
6. (a)
7. (b)
8. (c)
9. (a)
10. (c)
11. (a)
12. (d)