A) 1902 Oklahoma B) 1849 Gold Rush California C) Abilene, Kansas 1600s D) Texas in the 1860s
A) He is given to them by a neighbor. B) He wanders onto their place. C) Travis catches him in their drinking water. D) He is a gift from Papa.
A) to buy cattle at Abilene, Kansas B) to sell cattle at the Salt Licks C) to join in the Civil War 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) “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) strong willed D) bossy
A) He was still alive after being a stray in the wild. B) He was able to find himself a new home. C) He was able to get meat hanging from the rafters. D) He was able to catch fish by jumping on it in the creek.
A) a run-in with a panther B) a cut from a javelina's tushes C) fight with a copperhead D) a bite from a dead rattlesnake
A) He used the bull whip make him mind. B) He used Yeller to make him mind. C) He used a club to make him mind. D) He used the reins to make him mind.
A) your scent B) your movement C) your shape D) your gun
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 like to eat venison. C) He wasn’t a good shot. D) He didn’t want her to suffer.
A) telling the dog to sic the bulls B) watching the bulls fight C) throwing rocks at the stray dog D) teaching Arliss how to throw rocks
A) to tell the difference between venomous and nonvenomous snakes B) to find fat horny toads instead C) to stop catching all living creatures D) to kill all the snakes he could find
A) He wanted Arliss to stay out to the water for the crops. B) He was worried that Arliss might drown. C) He didn’t want Arliss to scare all the fish away. D) He wanted Arliss to stay out of the drinking water.
A) simile B) metaphor C) hyperbole D) personification
A) He was afraid Old Yeller would get into their house. B) He was afraid Arliss would run after Yeller. C) He was afraid that he would spoil their show. 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 She Bear from getting Old Yeller C) to stop Old Yeller from eating more meat 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 fell into Birdsong Creek. D) Roany burnt his tongue on a wheel.
A) a saw and an axe B) a hammer and an axe C) a hammer and wedges D) an axe and wedges
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 the family was safe B) when the cub ran away to the woods C) when Arliss stopped screaming D) when he was too tired to fight anymore
A) mad bull B) droopy horn C) red bull D) short horn
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) “Then I made myself get as still as a tree.” 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) “It was like she suddenly lit down out of the air…”
A) hunt upwind and climb a tree B) hunt downwind and be still C) hunt upwind 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) The She Bear C) Little Arliss and the Bulls D) Roany and Chongo
A) excited B) sad C) scared D) angry
A) He ran into the house and started to lick them and bark. B) He ran into the deep drinking water of the spring. C) He was able to rough up the She Bear. D) The She Bear chased him into the woods.
A) depredation B) clout C) roan D) shrill
A) shrill B) poultice C) sulked D) clout
A) poultice B) sulked C) thickets D) clout
A) withers B) thickets C) sulked D) wallowing
A) broadside B) clout C) wallowing D) poultice
A) broadside B) poultices C) thickets D) withers
A) roan B) shrill C) clout D) poultice
A) poultice B) withers C) thickets D) wallowing
A) depredation B) thickets C) wallowing D) shrill
A) sulked B) poultice C) broadside D) clout |