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