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1、Where the Red Fern GrowsWilson RawlsStudent Study GuideAnswer all questions in sentence formChapter One1. Why, according to the man, was it a rare day? 2. Describe the scene in which the dogs are fighting. 3. Why did the man believe that the dog belonged in the country? 4. How did the man help the d
2、og? 5. Describe the two cups on the mantel. 6. Design a title page for your student study guide.Vocabulary: residential, scalded, cur, crude, priceless, caressed.Enrichment: Locate the following in an atlas: Ozark Mountains, Missouri and Oklahoma.Chapter Two1. What terrible disease was he infected w
3、ith when only ten years old? 2. How did Billys Papa pour cold water on his idea? 3. Why was Billys mother allotted a strip of land along the Illinois River? 4. What did Billys father do for a living? 5. What animal tracks along the river bank, fascinated Billy the most? 6. List at least five animals
4、 that Billy catches in his traps. 7. How was Papa going to put the muscles back on Billy?Vocabulary: sycamores, game, waddling, corncrib, grieve, bawling, muzzle.Enrichment: Find information on trapping animals. Who traps animals today? What do they do with the captured animals? Who are animal right
5、s activists and why are they opposed to trapping animals?Chapter Three1. Why does Billy hurry to the deserted campground? 2. What does he discover in the sportsmans magazine? 3. Describe how Billy hoped to earn enough money to buy some pups. 4. Why does Billy ask his grandfather not to say anything
6、to his father about his plan? 5. How long does it take the young boy to save enough money? 6. How many sisters does Billy have?Vocabulary: festered, prowl, haunches, quavering, kennels, horehound.Enrichment: Trace the Illinois River as it flows through Northeast Oklahoma. What other states does it f
7、low through?Chapter Four1. What good news does Billy receive about the price of the dogs? 2. Why did Billy have to go to Tahlequah? 3. Why does Billy ask how far it is to Kentucky? 4. What was the population of Tahlequah? 5. How do we know that Billy is very poor? 6. Describe some of the things that
8、 surprise Billy when he arrives in town.Vocabulary: depot, gunny sack, riffle, briers, bolts.Enrichment: Research the life of a racoon. Why did people hunt racoons?Chapter Five1. Who is telling the story? 2. How did Billy plan on carrying the puppies? 3. How do we know that the stationmaster is a ki
9、nd man? 4. Describe the fight Billy has with the gang of boys. 5. Why is Billy surprised at the behaviour of the marshal? 6. What does Billy do when he hears the mountain lion? 7. Why do Billys pups give him courage?Vocabulary: splintered, snickered, glaring, ooze, gritted, anvil, provisions.Enrichm
10、ent: Write a short biography on the author, Wilson Rawls.Chapter Six1. Describe how Billy decides to name his dogs. 2. How did Billys father already know where he had been? 3. Why did Mama and Papa want to move into town? 4. Why did they have to wait?Vocabulary: romping, nestled, trance, querying.En
11、richment: What is the longest distance you have ever walked? Do you think you would have been afraid to camp out overnight? How would you have reacted to a mountain lion?Chapter Seven1. Why does Billys grandfather need a brace and bit to catch the racoon? 2. Why does Billy think Grandpa is joking? 3
12、. According to Papa, why is Billy unable to catch any coons? 4. Why does Billy desperately need a coon skin for his pups? 5. Why is Papa surprised when they finally free the coons paw from the hole? 6. Describe how Billy Colman trains his hounds.Vocabulary: obstacle, wiley, eternity, woe, forefinger
13、, diameter, churn, pry, scent, frazzle.Enrichment: Research animal trainers. Why do people train animals? Describe the many ways that trained animals can benefit us. Chapter Eight1. How did Billy prepare for his first hunt? 2. What do Billys parents think about him going hunting? 3. Why is it necess
14、ary for Billy to hunt at night? 4. Why does Billy groan and close his eyes when he sees where the coon has been treed? 5. Why is Billy so determined to cut down the tree?Vocabulary: lard, grinding, wobbling, rustle, elders, domain.Enrichment: What does the term nocturnal mean? Make a list of nocturn
15、al animals in your area. Choose one and do some research on it.Chapter Nine1. Why was Billy crying? 2. What plan of action does Grandpa suggest? 3. Why does Grandpa pick up Old Dan and place him in the buggy? 4. What does Grandpa think about young boys chopping down such large trees? 5. Find the New England States in an atlas. 6. What fad has started back in the New England states? 7. Describe what happens when Billy is wrapping his hands to make a final attack on the tree. 8. What is it that Billy is firmly convinced of at the conclusion of the chapter?Vocabulary: throbbed, dumplings,
