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