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