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