A) a traveling salesman from Abilene B) a new settler and owner of Old Yeller C) a neighbor who comes with gossip and wanting a free meal D) the preacher in the Salt Licks community
A) She doesn't want Old Yeller to be whipped. B) Her dog is going to have Old Yeller's pups. C) She has a crush on Travis. D) She wants the townspeople to think a wolf is stealing the food.
A) measles B) diphtheria C) typhoid D) rabies
A) Old Yeller sleeps in the boys' room at night. B) He puts him in the corn crib at night. C) Old Yeller is locked in the barn. D) Travis ties Old Yeller to the fence post.
A) He couldn't put up with Little Arliss's tantrums any longer. B) He was anxious to get the horse his father promised him. C) He was beginning to feel the stress of being the man of the family. D) He was losing his self-confidence.
A) Arliss can have Old Yeller for a milking cow. B) Arliss can have Old Yeller if his mother will invite him to dinner. C) Arliss can have Old Yeller until his pa returns. D) Arliss can have Old Yeller for all the bugs and snakes in his pocket.
A) He is embarrassed about the way Little Arliss was acting. B) He is so angry at Mr. Sanderson that he wants to hit him. C) He is so relieved he could cry and doesn’t want anyone to see him crying. D) He is so upset about Old Yeller being taken that he might cry.
A) Burn Sanderson's warning about the hydrophobia plague B) his belief Burn Sanderson would take Old Yeller back C) spotting a fox that was acting unnaturally D) his father's failure to return when he'd promised
A) He is looking forward to it. B) He is terrified and tries to find a way out of doing it. C) He is afraid, but he knows he has to do it. D) He thinks it is a time consuming job and whines about it to Mama.
A) Each pig has a different series of notches cut in its ears. B) Each pig is branded with a different branding iron. C) Each pig has a collar with the family’s name. D) Each group of pigs is kept in a different field.
A) He would scatter them in different areas of the woods so he could brand them one at a time. B) He would climb a tree, and Old Yeller would keep them close so he could lift them up one at a time. C) He would steer them into a pen, and have Old Yeller keep them there. D) He would chase them into a cave, and Old Yeller would stand by him.
A) the swallows’ nests B) the pine forest C) the bat caves D) the roaring river
A) He is backed next to a cliff by the boars and has no way of escaping. B) He stands on a cliff where the earth is not stable and falls into the center of the boars. C) He turns around and is rammed in the back by a hog. D) He gets into the middle of the boars and tries to get the piglets away.
A) He was pulled off the bank by a huge hog he'd roped. B) The dirt bank he was on gave way, and a wild hog slashed his leg. C) He found the hogs feeding on a cow's carcass. D) Old Yeller chased a wolf that was stalking the hogs.
A) He gave Old Yeller a bath. B) He burned ticks off Yeller. C) He did all of these things. D) He covered him with bacon grease.
A) He saw his paw prints. B) He heard him whine. C) He heard him bark. D) He saw buzzards circling.
A) He needed her to find Yeller. B) She would fix Travis’s cut. C) He was really scared. D) She would know what to do.
A) Yeller’s frantic barking B) the smell of a skunk C) the prickly pear spines D) the blood hammering in his ears
A) rubbing turpentine on your chest B) breathing skunk scent C) eating fresh watermelon D) sleeping in the cornfield
A) Travis had to use a strap on her to get her to do what he wanted both times. B) Old Yeller was responsible for making Spot behave in both cases. C) Travis had to bribe her with some fresh corn on both occasions. D) Spot kicked Travis away from her during both.
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