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