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