A) 1902 Oklahoma B) 1849 Gold Rush California C) Texas in the 1860s D) Abilene, Kansas 1600s
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 join in the Civil War B) to sell cattle at Abilene, Kansas C) to sell cattle at the Salt Licks D) to buy cattle at Abilene, Kansas
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) “We never once thought about being in any real danger.” D) “All of which, I figure, is what lead up to Little Arliss catching the bear.”
A) all of these B) bossy C) strong willed D) curious
A) He was able to find himself a new home. B) He was still alive after being a stray in the wild. C) He was able to catch fish by jumping on it in the creek. D) He was able to get meat hanging from the rafters.
A) a bite from a dead rattlesnake B) a cut from a javelina's tushes C) a run-in with a panther D) fight with a copperhead
A) He used Yeller 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 a club to make him mind.
A) your movement B) your shape C) your gun D) your scent
A) a type of wild bull B) a type of wild bird C) a type of wild hog D) a type of wild bear
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 didn’t want her to suffer. B) He wasn’t a good shot. C) She was pretty and harmless. D) He didn’t like to eat venison.
A) watching the bulls fight B) teaching Arliss how to throw rocks C) throwing rocks at the stray dog D) telling the dog to sic the bulls
A) to find fat horny toads instead B) to stop catching all living creatures C) to kill all the snakes he could find D) to tell the difference between venomous and nonvenomous snakes
A) He didn’t want Arliss to scare all the fish away. B) He wanted Arliss to stay out of the drinking water. C) He wanted Arliss to stay out to the water for the crops. D) He was worried that Arliss might drown.
A) personification B) simile C) metaphor D) hyperbole
A) He was afraid that Old Yeller would get hurt. B) He was afraid that he would spoil their show. C) He was afraid Arliss would run after Yeller. D) He was afraid Old Yeller would get into their house.
A) to stop Little Arliss from playing in the drinking water B) to stop the bulls from tearing down their place C) to stop Old Yeller from eating more meat D) to stop the She Bear from getting Old Yeller
A) Roany fell into Birdsong Creek. B) Chonga was injured by the other bull’s horn. C) Chongo pushed Roany into a cart. D) Roany burnt his tongue on a wheel.
A) a hammer and an axe B) a saw and an axe C) an axe and wedges D) a hammer 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 he was too tired to fight anymore D) when the family was safe
A) mad bull B) red bull C) short horn D) droopy horn
A) The whole group of javelinas would run away. B) The whole group of javelinas would start shrieking. C) The whole group of javelinas would eat you alive. D) The whole group of javelinas would run wild in the woods.
A) “Then I made myself get as still as a tree.” B) “It was like she suddenly lit down out of the air…” 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 scared the deer into a group of cattle that trample it. B) He shots it through the leg. C) He shots it through the heart. D) He scares the deer into running into a tree.
A) The Rolling Cart B) Roany and Chongo C) The She Bear D) Little Arliss and the Bulls
A) excited B) scared C) angry D) sad
A) The She Bear chased him into the woods. B) He ran into the house and started to lick them and bark. C) He ran into the deep drinking water of the spring. D) He was able to rough up the She Bear.
A) clout B) roan C) depredation D) shrill
A) shrill B) poultice C) sulked D) clout
A) clout B) sulked C) thickets D) poultice
A) wallowing B) withers C) thickets D) sulked
A) clout B) broadside C) wallowing D) poultice
A) withers B) thickets C) poultices D) broadside
A) shrill B) roan C) poultice D) clout
A) withers B) poultice C) wallowing D) thickets
A) thickets B) wallowing C) shrill D) depredation
A) clout B) sulked C) poultice D) broadside |