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