Stone Fox

Chapters 1-3

Reading Check

1. Searchlight (Chapter 1)

2. Rex (Chapter 1)

3. 10 (Chapter 2)

4. The potato crop (Chapter 2)

5. Doc Smith (Chapter 2)

6. A horse (Chapter 2)

7. Searchlight (Chapter 2)

Short Answer

1. Doc Smith tells Little Willy Grandfather has lost the will to live. When Doc Smith observes Grandfather, she cannot find anything indicating he suffers from an illness or disease. She believes external factors cause his condition. (Chapter 1)

2. Little Willy and Grandfather use hand signals to communicate with one another. (Chapter 2)

3. Little Willy begins caring for the farm on his own. He purchases items for the household, chops wood, and cooks. He attends school and attempts to use his funds to help with the farm. He exhibits ingenuity when he uses Searchlight to help him plow the field. (Chapters 1-3)

Chapters 4-6

Reading Check

1. A tax collector (Chapter 4)

2. Searchlight (Chapter 4)

3. $500 (Chapter 4)

4. Mrs. Peacock (Chapter 5)

5. Mr. Foster (Chapter 5)

6. National Dogsled Races (Chapter 5)

7. 10 miles (Chapter 5)

8. Stone Fox (Chapter 5)

9. $50 (Chapter 6)

Short Answer

1. Snyder tells Little Willy he will seize the farm if the taxes are not paid. (Chapter 4)

2. The description of the government provided to Little Willy suggests it is an establishment whose purpose is to care for people. Willy is understandably confused because the government did not care for Little Willy when his mother died; his grandfather did. Little Willy wonders what the purpose of taxes is if they do not help people. (Chapter 5)

3. Stone Fox refuses to speak in protest to the way the Indigenous people were treated when they were forced from their homes to a reservation in Wyoming. (Chapter 6)

4. Stone Fox and his tribe were pushed off their land by the settlers in the area. He wants to restore the land to the rightful owners and enters the dog sled races to purchase the land for his tribe with his winnings. (Chapter 6)

Chapters 7-10

Reading Check

1. His college fund (Chapter 7)

2. Cinnamon cake (Chapter 7)

3. To Lester’s house (Chapter 7)

4. Hits him (Chapter 7)

5. It is swollen shut. (Chapter 8)

6. Animals (Chapter 8)

7. He has permission to cross it. (Chapter 9)

8. His grandfather is better. (Chapter 9)

Short Answer

1. Willy tells Stone Fox why he must win the race and explains that he is sorry he and Stone Fox cannot both win. (Chapter 7)

2. Little Willy and Searchlight are very familiar with the route the race is on. (Chapter 8)

3. Stone Fox helps Little Willy by preventing others from crossing the finish line before Little Willy can. This act by Stone Fox reveals his compassion for Little Willy’s loss and his selflessness in allowing Little Willy to win the money to save his farm. (Chapter 10)