setting | character | plot | vocab | miscellaneous |
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where does Billy's family live?
Ozark's
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What is the name of Rubin's brother?
Rainie
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describe the ghost coon?
Old & Smart
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What does rile mean?
wond up
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explain how the dogs doctored each other up?
They lick each others wounds
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where does Billy take his dogs to hunt?
the river bottoms
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How many sisters does Billy have?
three
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Who do they think planted the red fern on the dogs graves based on the Indian story?
an angel
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What does gawking mean?
stare
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What do the two cups on the mantle that he described in the beginning turn out to be?
The trophies he won in the hunt
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where did he keep the coon hides?
in the smokehouse
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how many family members does he have (including dogs)?
Eight
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why was billy crying in his first hunt?
because he couldn't cut down the tree
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What does bashful mean?
shy
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who came searching for them at the hunt?
men from camp
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where is the place he got his dogs
the train depot
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What coon did billy let go?
The ghost coon
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what did billy's mother do with his first hide?
a cap
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What does pelts mean?
the animal skin
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Where does the red fern grow?
On the dogs mounds
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Where did he find the magazines with the ad for the dogs
in the camp
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What are the two redbone hounds names?
Little Ann & Old Dan
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why was he convinced that lord helped him
because the wind knocked over the tree
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What does gingerly mean?
carefully
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how did little ann die
broken heart
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