A) 1902 Oklahoma B) 1849 Gold Rush California C) Texas in the 1860s D) Abilene, Kansas 1600s
A) Travis catches him in their drinking water. B) He is given to them by a neighbor. C) He is a gift from Papa. D) He wanders onto their place.
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) “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) “All of which, I figure, is what lead up to Little Arliss catching the bear.” D) “He was too scared and too mad.”
A) bossy B) all of these C) curious D) strong willed
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 still alive after being a stray in the wild. D) He was able to find himself a new home.
A) fight with a copperhead B) a bite from a dead rattlesnake C) a cut from a javelina's tushes 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 gun B) your scent C) your movement 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 family of bob whites B) a pair of playful squirrels C) a mama bear and cub D) a group of javelinas
A) She was pretty and harmless. B) He wasn’t a good shot. C) He didn’t want her to suffer. D) He didn’t like to eat venison.
A) teaching Arliss how to throw rocks B) telling the dog to sic the bulls C) throwing rocks at the stray dog D) watching the bulls fight
A) to tell the difference between venomous and nonvenomous snakes B) to kill all the snakes he could find C) to find fat horny toads instead D) to stop catching all living creatures
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) personification B) simile C) metaphor D) hyperbole
A) He was afraid that he would spoil their show. B) He was afraid that Old Yeller would get hurt. C) He was afraid Old Yeller would get into their house. D) He was afraid Arliss would run after Yeller.
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) Chonga was injured by the other bull’s horn. B) Chongo pushed Roany into a cart. 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 yell of Old Yeller B) by the screech of the panther C) by the sound of his scream D) by the roar of the bear
A) when Arliss stopped screaming B) when the cub ran away to the woods C) when the family was safe D) when he was too tired to fight anymore
A) mad bull B) red bull C) droopy horn D) short horn
A) The whole group of javelinas would eat you alive. B) The whole group of javelinas would start shrieking. C) The whole group of javelinas would run away. D) The whole group of javelinas would run wild in the woods.
A) “It was like she suddenly lit down out of the air…” B) “Then I made myself get as still as a tree.” C) “…but not once did he ever even act like he could smell the meat we’d hung up.” D) “Well, it all wound up about like I figured.”
A) hunt downwind and be still B) hunt downwind and climb a tree C) hunt upwind and climb a tree D) hunt upwind and be still
A) He scares the deer into running into a tree. B) He shots it through the leg. C) He scared the deer into a group of cattle that trample it. D) He shots it through the heart.
A) Roany and Chongo B) Little Arliss and the Bulls C) The Rolling Cart D) The She Bear
A) sad B) excited C) scared D) angry
A) He ran into the deep drinking water of the spring. B) He ran into the house and started to lick them and bark. C) He was able to rough up the She Bear. D) The She Bear chased him into the woods.
A) shrill B) roan C) clout D) depredation
A) poultice B) clout C) shrill D) sulked
A) poultice B) clout C) thickets D) sulked
A) sulked B) wallowing C) thickets D) withers
A) poultice B) wallowing C) broadside D) clout
A) poultices B) broadside C) withers D) thickets
A) clout B) shrill C) poultice D) roan
A) withers B) wallowing C) thickets D) poultice
A) depredation B) wallowing C) shrill D) thickets
A) sulked B) broadside C) clout D) poultice |