Where the Red Fern Grows Chapter 12

1. Grandpa liked to _____________.
a) brag
b) tell jokes
c) tease
d) save money

2. Which of the following describes the Pritchards?
a) bullies, rugged, and nasty
b) dirty, wild, and mean
c) bootleggers, thieves, and "no-accounts"
d) kind, fun loving, jokesters

3. While Grandpa ground the corn ________.
a) the Pritchards looked around the store at the shirts
b) the store was locked up
c) Billy watched the store
d) the Pritchards were told to wait outside

4. Rubin bought ___________ at Grandpa's store.
a) traps
b) candy
c) tobacco
d) corn meal

5. Rubin bet _________ that Billy's hounds couldn't tree the ghost coon.
a) $.50
b) $1.00
c) $2.00
d) $10.00

6. What did the ghost coon do that was the opposite of what most coons would do?
a) jumped from tree to tree
b) swam upstream
c) ran under the brush
d) ran out into the open

7. A good title for Chapter 12 could be:
a) Bootleggers, Thieves, and No-Accounts
b) Chasing the Ghost Coon
c) Grinding Corn
d) A Night in the Woods

8. The author, Wilson Rawls, wrote Where the Red Fern Grows to:
a) persuade young students to go coon hunting
b) inform readers how to hunt for coons
c) entertain readers with a story about coon hunting
d) help readers become better coon hunters

9. Which excerpt from the book best supports the author's belief that young people should not use tobacco products?
a) Rubin ordered some chewing tobacco.

"Aren't you a little young to be chewing?" Grandpa asked.
b) "Ain't for me. It's for my dad," Rubin growled.

Grandpa handed two plugs to him.
c) Holding the other up in front of him, he looked it over. Looking at Grandpa, he gnawed at one corner of it.
d) "Let's go grind that corn."

10. What is the main conflict in Chapter 12?
a) The Pritchards bet Billy that his dogs can't catch the ghost coon.
b) The Pritchards buy chew tobacco.
c) Grandpa can't trust the Pritchards to stay in his store while he grinds the corn.
d) Old Man Pritchard killed a man in Missouri.



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