A) Texas in the 1860s B) 1902 Oklahoma C) Abilene, Kansas 1600s D) 1849 Gold Rush California
A) He wanders onto their place. B) Travis catches him in their drinking water. C) He is a gift from Papa. D) He is given to them by a neighbor.
A) to sell cattle at the Salt Licks B) to buy cattle at Abilene, Kansas C) to sell cattle at Abilene, Kansas D) to join in the Civil War
A) “We never once thought about being in any real danger.” B) “Then later, when I had to kill him, it was like having to shoot some of my own folks.” 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) bossy B) curious C) strong willed D) all of these
A) He was able to find himself a new home. B) He was able to get meat hanging from the rafters. C) He was able to catch fish by jumping on it in the creek. D) He was still alive after being a stray in the wild.
A) a cut from a javelina's tushes B) a run-in with a panther C) fight with a copperhead D) a bite from a dead rattlesnake
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 shape B) your gun C) your scent D) your movement
A) a type of wild bird B) a type of wild bear C) a type of wild hog D) a type of wild bull
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 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) watching the bulls fight B) throwing rocks at the stray dog C) telling the dog to sic the bulls D) teaching Arliss how to throw rocks
A) to find fat horny toads instead B) to tell the difference between venomous and nonvenomous snakes C) to stop catching all living creatures D) to kill all the snakes he could find
A) He was worried that Arliss might drown. B) He wanted Arliss to stay out of the drinking water. C) He didn’t want Arliss to scare all the fish away. D) He wanted Arliss to stay out to the water for the crops.
A) metaphor B) hyperbole C) personification D) simile
A) He was afraid that Old Yeller would get hurt. B) He was afraid Old Yeller would get into their house. C) He was afraid Arliss would run after Yeller. D) He was afraid that he would spoil their show.
A) to stop the bulls from tearing down their place B) to stop Old Yeller from eating more meat C) to stop Little Arliss from playing in the drinking water D) to stop the She Bear from getting Old Yeller
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 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 sound of his scream C) by the yell of Old Yeller D) by the roar of the bear
A) when he was too tired to fight anymore B) when Arliss stopped screaming C) when the family was safe 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 start shrieking. B) The whole group of javelinas would eat you alive. C) The whole group of javelinas would run wild in the woods. 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) “It was like she suddenly lit down out of the air…” D) “…but not once did he ever even act like he could smell the meat we’d hung up.”
A) hunt downwind and climb a tree B) hunt upwind and be still C) hunt upwind and climb a tree D) hunt downwind and be still
A) He shots it through the heart. B) He scares the deer into running into a tree. C) He shots it through the leg. D) He scared the deer into a group of cattle that trample it.
A) Roany and Chongo B) The Rolling Cart C) The She Bear D) Little Arliss and the Bulls
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) roan C) shrill D) clout
A) sulked B) shrill C) poultice D) clout
A) thickets B) clout C) poultice D) sulked
A) wallowing B) withers C) thickets D) sulked
A) clout B) poultice C) broadside D) wallowing
A) thickets B) withers C) poultices D) broadside
A) shrill B) clout C) poultice D) roan
A) thickets B) withers C) poultice D) wallowing
A) thickets B) shrill C) depredation D) wallowing
A) sulked B) poultice C) broadside D) clout |