A) Texas in the 1860s B) 1849 Gold Rush California C) 1902 Oklahoma D) Abilene, Kansas 1600s
A) He is given to them by a neighbor. B) Travis catches him in their drinking water. C) He is a gift from Papa. D) He wanders onto their place.
A) to buy cattle at Abilene, Kansas B) to join in the Civil War C) to sell cattle at the Salt Licks D) to sell 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) strong willed B) all of these C) curious 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 run-in with a panther B) a bite from a dead rattlesnake C) fight with a copperhead D) a cut from a javelina's tushes
A) He used the reins 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 Yeller to make him mind.
A) your movement B) your scent C) your shape D) your gun
A) a type of wild bird B) a type of wild bull C) a type of wild hog D) a type of wild bear
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 didn’t want her to suffer. B) She was pretty and harmless. C) He wasn’t a good shot. D) He didn’t like to eat venison.
A) teaching Arliss how to throw rocks B) telling the dog to sic the bulls C) throwing rocks at the stray dog D) watching the bulls fight
A) to kill all the snakes he could find B) to tell the difference between venomous and nonvenomous snakes C) to stop catching all living creatures D) to find fat horny toads instead
A) He wanted Arliss to stay out of the drinking water. 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 to the water for the crops.
A) metaphor B) hyperbole C) simile D) personification
A) He was afraid that Old Yeller would get hurt. B) He was afraid that he would spoil their show. C) He was afraid Old Yeller would get into their house. D) He was afraid Arliss would run after Yeller.
A) to stop Old Yeller from eating more meat B) to stop Little Arliss from playing in the drinking water C) to stop the She Bear from getting Old Yeller D) to stop the bulls from tearing down their place
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 wedges B) an axe and wedges C) a hammer and an axe D) a saw and an axe
A) by the yell of Old Yeller B) by the screech of the panther C) by the sound of his scream D) by the roar of the bear
A) when the family was safe B) when he was too tired to fight anymore C) when Arliss stopped screaming D) when the cub ran away to the woods
A) droopy horn B) short horn C) red bull D) mad bull
A) The whole group of javelinas would run wild in the woods. B) The whole group of javelinas would run away. C) The whole group of javelinas would start shrieking. D) The whole group of javelinas would eat you alive.
A) “Then I made myself get as still as a tree.” B) “Well, it all wound up about like I figured.” 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 downwind and climb a tree B) hunt downwind and be still C) hunt upwind and be still D) hunt upwind and climb a tree
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) The She Bear B) Roany and Chongo C) The Rolling Cart D) Little Arliss and the Bulls
A) excited B) sad C) scared D) angry
A) He ran into the deep drinking water of the spring. B) He was able to rough up the She Bear. C) He ran into the house and started to lick them and bark. D) The She Bear chased him into the woods.
A) roan B) shrill C) depredation D) clout
A) clout B) sulked C) shrill D) poultice
A) clout B) sulked C) poultice D) thickets
A) thickets B) sulked C) wallowing D) withers
A) broadside B) poultice C) wallowing D) clout
A) broadside B) withers C) thickets D) poultices
A) poultice B) shrill C) roan D) clout
A) poultice B) thickets C) withers D) wallowing
A) depredation B) shrill C) wallowing D) thickets
A) broadside B) sulked C) poultice D) clout |