Mr. Lu's "Where the Red Fern Grows" Advisory Quiz Chapter 3

Billy Coleman's preferred "prey" when hunting is/are _____________.

• racoons

• deer

• bears

• fish

• apes

Since Billy's parents can't afford to buy hound dogs for him, he decides to ____________.

• whine and cry until they cave in and give him what he wants

• work and save the money himeself

• become the world's youngest bank robber, and steal the money

• write a bad check, and just never actually pay for the dogs

Billy gets the idea to save his own money for hound dogs when _______________.

• he sees an advertisement about dogs for sale, in a magazine

• his mom tells him to save up for his own money, like a mature person

• his dad says that he will appreciate the dogs more, if he works to earn them himself

• God comes down from Heaven and tells him to stop being such an entitled brat

In order to earn money, Billy _______________.

• works as security at a nightclub

• works at McDonalds

• picks berries, and sells animal skins

• finds loose change on the ground

• works part time at Target

According to the advertisement in the magazine, hound dogs cost ___________.

• Eleventy-kajillion dollars

• $25 each, or $50 for two

• $100, which is like $100,000 in 2023!

• an arm and a leg, or if you negotiate, maybe just a leg

It takes Billy _____________ to save the $50 he needs for two hound dogs.

• one summer

• twenty years

• a couple of weeks

• more than two years

We can tell that the fisherman who buy vegetables and berries from him are just trying to be nice, because __________.

• his parents tell him that the fishermen are just buying things out of pity

• they just give him cash, and don't even accept his merchandise

• they actually tell him so, literally

• Billy usually sees the vegetables abandoned and uneaten on the ground, after the fishermen leave

This picture represents _____________.

• Baking power, what else?

• it's the kind of can that Billy uses to store his money

• the deliciousness of cookies

• an old container, probably full of germs

Billy's grandfather is impressed with Billy because ____________.

• Billy has grown to be a very handsome, intelligent young man

• Billy has had the determination to save fifty dollars all by himself, when most kids his age don't have that kind of discipline

• Billy is really good at hunting and berry-gathering

• Billy gets good grades in school

Billy most likely asks his grandfather to have letters delivered to the store instead of to his own house because...

• Billy's house is a cabin that doesn't have an official address

• Billy doesn't know how to read and write

• Billy's father is strict, and will punish Billy for sending things in the mail

• Billy's Grandfather likes to spy on Billy's mail, to see who's sending him letters