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