A) 1902 Oklahoma B) Abilene, Kansas 1600s C) Texas in the 1860s D) 1849 Gold Rush California
A) He is a gift from Papa. B) He wanders onto their place. C) Travis catches him in their drinking water. D) He is given to them by a neighbor.
A) to sell cattle at Abilene, Kansas B) to buy cattle at Abilene, Kansas C) to sell cattle at the Salt Licks D) to join in the Civil War
A) “We never once thought about being in any real danger.” B) “All of which, I figure, is what lead up to Little Arliss catching the bear.” C) “Then later, when I had to kill him, it was like having to shoot some of my own folks.” D) “He was too scared and too mad.”
A) all of these B) bossy C) curious D) strong willed
A) He was able to catch fish by jumping on it in the creek. B) He was still alive after being a stray in the wild. C) He was able to get meat hanging from the rafters. D) He was able to find himself a new home.
A) a run-in with a panther B) a cut from a javelina's tushes C) a bite from a dead rattlesnake D) fight with a copperhead
A) He used Yeller to make him mind. B) He used the reins to make him mind. C) He used a club to make him mind. D) He used the bull whip make him mind.
A) your movement B) your shape C) your gun D) your scent
A) a type of wild bull B) a type of wild hog C) a type of wild bird D) a type of wild bear
A) a family of bob whites B) a pair of playful squirrels C) a mama bear and cub D) a group of javelinas
A) He didn’t like to eat venison. B) She was pretty and harmless. C) He didn’t want her to suffer. D) He wasn’t a good shot.
A) watching the bulls fight B) telling the dog to sic the bulls C) throwing rocks at the stray dog D) teaching Arliss how to throw rocks
A) to tell the difference between venomous and nonvenomous snakes B) to find fat horny toads instead C) to stop catching all living creatures D) to kill all the snakes he could find
A) He wanted Arliss to stay out to the water for the crops. B) He didn’t want Arliss to scare all the fish away. C) He wanted Arliss to stay out of the drinking water. D) He was worried that Arliss might drown.
A) simile B) metaphor C) personification D) hyperbole
A) He was afraid that Old Yeller would get hurt. B) He was afraid that he would spoil their show. C) He was afraid Old Yeller would get into their house. D) He was afraid Arliss would run after Yeller.
A) to stop Old Yeller from eating more meat B) to stop the She Bear from getting Old Yeller C) to stop the bulls from tearing down their place D) to stop Little Arliss from playing in the drinking water
A) Roany burnt his tongue on a wheel. B) Roany fell into Birdsong Creek. C) Chongo pushed Roany into a cart. D) Chonga was injured by the other bull’s horn.
A) a hammer and an axe B) a saw and an axe C) a hammer and wedges D) an axe and wedges
A) by the screech of the panther B) by the yell of Old Yeller C) by the roar of the bear D) by the sound of his scream
A) when Arliss stopped screaming B) when the family was safe C) when the cub ran away to the woods D) when he was too tired to fight anymore
A) short horn B) droopy horn C) mad bull D) red bull
A) The whole group of javelinas would eat you alive. B) The whole group of javelinas would run wild in the woods. C) The whole group of javelinas would start shrieking. D) The whole group of javelinas would run away.
A) “Well, it all wound up about like I figured.” B) “Then I made myself get as still as a tree.” C) “…but not once did he ever even act like he could smell the meat we’d hung up.” D) “It was like she suddenly lit down out of the air…”
A) hunt upwind and climb a tree B) hunt downwind and be still C) hunt upwind and be still D) hunt downwind and climb a tree
A) He shots it through the heart. B) He shots it through the leg. C) He scared the deer into a group of cattle that trample it. D) He scares the deer into running into a tree.
A) The She Bear B) Roany and Chongo C) The Rolling Cart D) Little Arliss and the Bulls
A) scared B) sad C) angry D) excited
A) The She Bear chased him into the woods. B) He ran into the deep drinking water of the spring. C) He ran into the house and started to lick them and bark. D) He was able to rough up the She Bear.
A) roan B) clout C) shrill D) depredation
A) shrill B) poultice C) clout D) sulked
A) poultice B) clout C) sulked D) thickets
A) withers B) sulked C) wallowing D) thickets
A) broadside B) poultice C) wallowing D) clout
A) broadside B) withers C) thickets D) poultices
A) poultice B) roan C) clout D) shrill
A) poultice B) thickets C) wallowing D) withers
A) wallowing B) thickets C) shrill D) depredation
A) sulked B) broadside C) clout D) poultice |