Where the Red Fern Grows Novel Study
A Grade 6 ELA worksheet focusing on comprehension and analysis of the novel 'Where the Red Fern Grows' by Wilson Rawls.
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Where the Red Fern Grows Novel Study
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Refer to the novel 'Where the Red Fern Grows' to support your answers.
1. What is Billy Colman's biggest desire at the beginning of the novel?
To move to the city
To own two coonhounds
To become a famous hunter
To go to school
2. How does Billy earn enough money to buy his dogs?
He asks his grandfather for money.
He sells his father's crops.
He traps animals and sells their furs.
He works at his grandfather's store.
3. Billy names his two coonhounds Old Dan and .
4. The ghost coon is a legendary raccoon that Billy and his dogs eventually .
5. Billy's family lives in the Ozark Mountains of Oklahoma.
True
False
6. Billy wins the championship coon hunt and uses the prize money to buy a new house.
True
False
7. Describe the special bond between Billy and his dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann. Provide specific examples from the novel to support your answer.
8. Explain the significance of the red fern in the story. What does it symbolize?
9. The novel 'Where the Red Fern Grows' explores themes of love, loss, perseverance, and the bond between humans and animals. Write an essay discussing how these themes are developed throughout the story. Use evidence from the text to support your claims.