A) 1902 Oklahoma B) Abilene, Kansas 1600s C) Texas in the 1860s D) 1849 Gold Rush California
A) He is given to them by a neighbor. B) He wanders onto their place. C) He is a gift from Papa. D) Travis catches him in their drinking water.
A) to sell cattle at Abilene, Kansas B) to join in the Civil War C) to buy cattle at Abilene, Kansas D) to sell cattle at the Salt Licks
A) “Then later, when I had to kill him, it was like having to shoot some of my own folks.” B) “We never once thought about being in any real danger.” 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) strong willed B) curious C) all of these D) bossy
A) He was still alive after being a stray in the wild. B) He was able to catch fish by jumping on it in the creek. C) He was able to get meat hanging from the rafters. D) He was able to find himself a new home.
A) a run-in with a panther B) fight with a copperhead C) a cut from a javelina's tushes D) a bite from a dead rattlesnake
A) He used a club to make him mind. B) He used the bull whip make him mind. C) He used Yeller 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 bull B) a type of wild bear C) a type of wild hog D) a type of wild bird
A) a pair of playful squirrels B) a group of javelinas C) a family of bob whites D) a mama bear and cub
A) He wasn’t a good shot. B) She was pretty and harmless. C) He didn’t like to eat venison. D) He didn’t want her to suffer.
A) telling the dog to sic the bulls B) watching the bulls fight C) teaching Arliss how to throw rocks D) throwing rocks at the stray dog
A) to stop catching all living creatures B) to tell the difference between venomous and nonvenomous snakes C) to find fat horny toads instead 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) personification B) hyperbole C) simile D) metaphor
A) He was afraid Old Yeller would get into their house. B) He was afraid that he would spoil their show. C) He was afraid Arliss would run after Yeller. D) He was afraid that Old Yeller would get hurt.
A) to stop the She Bear from getting Old Yeller B) to stop Little Arliss from playing in the drinking water C) to stop the bulls from tearing down their place D) to stop Old Yeller from eating more meat
A) Chonga was injured by the other bull’s horn. B) Roany burnt his tongue on a wheel. C) Chongo pushed Roany into a cart. 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 roar of the bear B) by the yell of Old Yeller C) by the sound of his scream D) by the screech of the panther
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) droopy horn B) red bull C) mad bull D) short 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) “Well, it all wound up about like I figured.” 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) “It was like she suddenly lit down out of the air…”
A) hunt upwind and climb a tree B) hunt downwind and climb a tree C) hunt upwind and be still D) hunt downwind and be still
A) He shots it through the heart. B) He shots it through the leg. C) He scared the deer into a group of cattle that trample it. D) He scares the deer into running into a tree.
A) The She Bear B) The Rolling Cart C) Roany and Chongo D) Little Arliss and the Bulls
A) angry B) sad C) scared D) excited
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) The She Bear chased him into the woods. D) He was able to rough up the She Bear.
A) depredation B) shrill C) roan D) clout
A) poultice B) sulked C) clout D) shrill
A) sulked B) clout C) poultice D) thickets
A) withers B) sulked C) thickets D) wallowing
A) wallowing B) poultice C) broadside D) clout
A) withers B) thickets C) broadside D) poultices
A) shrill B) roan C) clout D) poultice
A) wallowing B) poultice C) withers D) thickets
A) shrill B) depredation C) thickets D) wallowing
A) clout B) sulked C) broadside D) poultice |