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