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