Red Fern Chapter 13

Rubin and Rainie said the farm and land they were hunting on belonged to ____________.

• their grandfather

• Indians

• Billy's grandpa

• the government

How did Billy know the ghost coon was NOT in the tree?

• Billy could see all the limbs in the bright moonlight.

• Billy believed Rubin and Rainie's word.

• Old Dan never bawled treed.

• Billy climbed the tree and looked.

The ghost coon was hiding ________________.

• in a small cave under the river

• in a hollow fence post

• in a groundhog hole

• in another tree

Why would Rubin and Rainie NOT give Billy the $2.00?

• They claimed that Old Dan and Little Ann had not killed the ghost coon.

• They had never planned to give Billy the money.

• They said they needed it to buy tobacco.

• They said Billy lost the bet since Old Dan and Little Ann did not catch the coon until the next day.

Why did Billy NOT want to kill the ghost coon?

• Billy felt the ghost coon should live because it had grown so old and wise.

• Billy found a nest with two young coons and knew the ghost coon was a mother.

• Billy was afraid of the ghost coon.

• The ghost coon ran away before Billy had the chance to kill him.

What stopped Rubin from beating up Billy?

• A bear came by, and the boys had to run.

• Rubin heard an owl and was afraid of the superstition.

• Old Blue and Old Dan started fighting.

• Rainie stopped Rubin from fighting.

What happened to Rubin as he was trying to kill Old Dan and Little Ann?

• Rubin fell down the rocks into the river.

• Rubin tripped and fell on the ax.

• Rubin heard his father calling him to come home.

• A mountain lion cried.

What did Rubin ask Billy to do before he died?

• to get his ma and pa

• to take the ax out of him

• to find Rainie

• to kill the ghost coon