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