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