Where the Red Fern Grows
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Chapters XIX-XX
1. What animal did Billy think the dogs had treed the night they went to the Cyclone Timber country?
2. How did Billy feel about the animal the dogs had treed?
3. What unusual actions did Old Dan take, and how did Billy feel about it?
4. What animal had the dogs actually treed?
5. Describe the fight between the hounds and the other animal.
6. How did Billy feel about what his dogs had done?
7. What did Billy discover about Old Dan as they were walking home? What did he do about it?
8. What happened to the dogs?
9. What did Billy's parents tell him at dinner?
10. What did Billy discover the day the family left the Ozarks? What was the significance of the discovery?
Vocabulary Chapters XIX-XX
Part I: Using Prior Knowledge and Context Clues
Below are the sentences in which the vocabulary words appear in the text. Read the sentence. Use any clues you can find in the sentence combined with your prior knowledge, and write what you think the underlined words mean on the lines provided.
1. The only good I could see in killing one was getting rid of a vicious predatory animal.
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2. I went berserk, and charged into the fight.
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3. The long, lithe body dipped low to the ground.
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4. The keen edge cleaved through the tough skin.
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5. The keen edge cleaved through the tough skin.
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6. It was the end of the trail for the scourge of the mountains.
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7. In his dying convulsions the axe had become dislodged from the wound.
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8. I thought perhaps she had a wound I had overlooked. I felt and probed with my fingers.
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9. I felt its warm caress as it fanned my face.
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Part II: Determining the Meaning Match the vocabulary words to their dictionary definitions.
___ 1. predatory A. destructively or frenetically violent
___ 2. berserk B. source of widespread, dreadful devastation
___ 3. lithe C. living by hunting other organisms
___ 4. keen D. a gentle touch showing fondness or love
___ 5. cleaved E. marked by effortless grace
___ 6. scourge F. removed or forced out
___ 7. dislodged G. pierced or penetrated
___ 8. probed H. explored; investigated
___ 9. caress