A) 1902 Oklahoma B) 1849 Gold Rush California C) Abilene, Kansas 1600s D) Texas in the 1860s
A) He is a gift from Papa. B) He wanders onto their place. C) He is given to them by a neighbor. D) Travis catches him in their drinking water.
A) to sell cattle at Abilene, Kansas B) to sell cattle at the Salt Licks C) to join in the Civil War D) to buy cattle at Abilene, Kansas
A) “All of which, I figure, is what lead up to Little Arliss catching the bear.” B) “We never once thought about being in any real danger.” C) “Then later, when I had to kill him, it was like having to shoot some of my own folks.” D) “He was too scared and too mad.”
A) bossy B) curious C) all of these 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 run-in with a panther C) a bite from a dead rattlesnake D) a cut from a javelina's tushes
A) He used Yeller to make him mind. B) He used the bull whip make him mind. C) He used a club to make him mind. D) He used the reins to make him mind.
A) your scent B) your shape C) your movement D) your gun
A) a type of wild bird B) a type of wild bear C) a type of wild bull 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) He wasn’t a good shot. B) He didn’t like to eat venison. C) She was pretty and harmless. D) He didn’t want her to suffer.
A) throwing rocks at the stray dog B) teaching Arliss how to throw rocks C) telling the dog to sic the bulls D) watching the bulls fight
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) metaphor C) simile D) hyperbole
A) He was afraid Arliss would run after Yeller. B) He was afraid that Old Yeller would get hurt. C) He was afraid that he would spoil their show. D) He was afraid Old Yeller would get into their house.
A) to stop the She Bear from getting Old Yeller B) to stop Old Yeller from eating more meat C) to stop the bulls from tearing down their place D) to stop Little Arliss from playing in the drinking water
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 saw and an axe C) a hammer and wedges D) an axe and wedges
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 the cub ran away to the woods B) when Arliss stopped screaming C) when the family was safe D) when he was too tired to fight anymore
A) short horn B) mad bull C) droopy horn D) red bull
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 eat you alive. D) The whole group of javelinas would start shrieking.
A) “It was like she suddenly lit down out of the air…” 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) “Then I made myself get as still as a tree.”
A) hunt upwind and climb a tree B) hunt downwind and be still C) hunt downwind and climb a tree D) hunt upwind and be still
A) He shots it through the leg. B) He scared the deer into a group of cattle that trample it. C) He shots it through the heart. D) He scares the deer into running into a tree.
A) Little Arliss and the Bulls B) Roany and Chongo C) The She Bear D) The Rolling Cart
A) sad B) excited C) angry D) scared
A) He was able to rough up the She Bear. B) He ran into the house and started to lick them and bark. C) The She Bear chased him into the woods. D) He ran into the deep drinking water of the spring.
A) shrill B) depredation C) roan D) clout
A) poultice B) shrill C) clout D) sulked
A) thickets B) poultice C) sulked D) clout
A) withers B) sulked C) wallowing D) thickets
A) broadside B) poultice C) wallowing D) clout
A) poultices B) thickets C) withers D) broadside
A) shrill B) roan C) clout D) poultice
A) poultice B) withers C) thickets D) wallowing
A) depredation B) thickets C) wallowing D) shrill
A) poultice B) clout C) broadside D) sulked |