Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

I - II

How does the author become infected with "Puppy Love"?  What do his parents do to help him?

Vocabulary:

scold (2)

dormant (3)

grieve (9)

pester (14)

III - IV

How does the author earn the money for his dogs?  Where does he have to go to get them?  How is this place different than his home?

Vocabulary:

prowl (17)

quaver (23)

wince (29)

amend (30)

V - VI

How do the author's parents respond when he returnes home?  Are they upset?  Would you be received the same way if you had left?

Vocabulary:

gawk (39)

timid (44)

trance (49)

query (51)

VII - VIII

What are some of the tricks that racoons will use to escape hunting dogs?

Vocabulary:

miscievious (55)

squall (62)

IX - X

What do the other coon hunters think of Old Dan and Little Ann?

Vocabulary:

holler (89)

limber (93)

wince (96)

nonchalant (100)

belligerant (102)

XI - XII

Why is the ghost coon so important to the narrator and the Pritchard boys?

Vocabulary:

den (112)

mournful (115)

plight (116)

XIII - XIV

What caused the accident with the older Pritchard boy?  Who's fault is it?  How does it affect both families?

Vocabulary:

commotion (144)

sulk (150)

coax (158)

XV - XVI

How did the narrator get entered into the competition?  Why are his dogs so different fromt he others?

Vocabulary:

jinx (173)

pruned (175)

XVII - XVIII

What do you think the family will do with the prize money?  What did they talk about at the beginning of the novel?

Vocabulary:

lull (199)

searing (204)

gawk (205)

defiant (219)

XIX - XX

What is the signifigance of the book's title?

Vocabulary:

winded (224)

berserk (225)

scourge (228)