Q 01/05

In Where the Red Fern Grows, which breed of hunting dog are Billy's beloved Old Dan and Little Ann?

A) Bluetick Coonhounds

B) Redbone Coonhounds

C) Treeing Walker Coonhounds

D) Black and Tan Coonhounds

Answer · why

B) Redbone Coonhounds

Redbone Coonhounds are prized for a rich red coat as well as a nose for old trails, and the breed is best known from this novel.

Q 02/05

How does Rubin Pritchard die during the ghost coon hunt in Where the Red Fern Grows?

A) He drowns in the river

B) A falling tree crushes him

C) He falls on an ax

D) A horse throws him

Answer · why

C) He falls on an ax

He falls on an ax while charging at Billy's hounds, which are mauling the Pritchards' own dog. A stick trips him mid-stride, and the shock puts Billy ...

Q 03/05

According to the legend in Where the Red Fern Grows, who alone can plant the seeds of a red fern?

A) A dying hunter

B) A medicine man

C) A chief's widow

D) An angel

Answer · why

D) An angel

An angel alone can plant a red fern, the legend says, and the ground where one grows is sacred. Billy finds one between his dogs' graves on the day he...

Q 04/05

Which animal fatally wounds Old Dan while he defends Billy in Where the Red Fern Grows?

A) A mountain lion

B) A black bear

C) A razorback boar

D) A bobcat

Answer · why

A) A mountain lion

A mountain lion leaps from the tree the hounds have circled, and both dogs fight it to the death to protect Billy. Old Dan's wounds kill him soon afte...

Q 05/05

What finally topples the giant tree Billy chops at for two days in Where the Red Fern Grows?

A) A bolt of lightning

B) A sudden wind

C) Papa's crosscut saw

D) A river flood

Answer · why

B) A sudden wind

A sudden wind blows the tree over just after an exhausted Billy asks God for strength. He had refused to quit because he promised his dogs he would do...