A) the preacher in the Salt Licks community B) a new settler and owner of Old Yeller C) a traveling salesman from Abilene 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) She doesn't want Old Yeller to be whipped. C) She has a crush on Travis. D) Her dog is going to have Old Yeller's pups.
A) diphtheria B) measles C) rabies D) typhoid
A) He puts him in the corn crib at night. B) Old Yeller sleeps in the boys' room 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 couldn't put up with Little Arliss's tantrums any longer. C) He was anxious to get the horse his father promised him. 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 upset about Old Yeller being taken that he might cry. B) He is embarrassed about the way Little Arliss was acting. C) He is so angry at Mr. Sanderson that he wants to hit him. D) He is so relieved he could cry and doesn’t want anyone to see him crying.
A) his father's failure to return when he'd promised B) spotting a fox that was acting unnaturally C) his belief Burn Sanderson would take Old Yeller back D) Burn Sanderson's warning about the hydrophobia plague
A) He thinks it is a time consuming job and whines about it to Mama. B) He is looking forward to it. C) He is terrified and tries to find a way out of doing it. D) He is afraid, but he knows he has to do it.
A) Each group of pigs is kept in a different field. B) Each pig has a collar with the family’s name. C) Each pig has a different series of notches cut in its ears. 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 swallows’ nests B) the bat caves C) the pine forest D) the roaring river
A) He turns around and is rammed in the back by a hog. B) He gets into the middle of the boars and tries to get the piglets away. C) He stands on a cliff where the earth is not stable and falls into the center of the boars. D) He is backed next to a cliff by the boars and has no way of escaping.
A) He found the hogs feeding on a cow's carcass. 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) The dirt bank he was on gave way, and a wild hog slashed his leg.
A) He covered him with bacon grease. B) He gave Old Yeller a bath. C) He burned ticks off Yeller. D) He did all of these things.
A) He heard him bark. B) He saw buzzards circling. C) He saw his paw prints. D) He heard him whine.
A) She would know what to do. B) He needed her to find Yeller. C) He was really scared. D) She would fix Travis’s cut.
A) the smell of a skunk B) the blood hammering in his ears C) the prickly pear spines D) Yeller’s frantic barking
A) sleeping in the cornfield B) rubbing turpentine on your chest C) breathing skunk scent D) eating fresh watermelon
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) solemn B) liable C) entrails D) rogue
A) gnarled B) inquired C) embedded D) sumptuous
A) gnarled B) sumptuous C) coaxed D) solemn
A) inquired B) coaxed C) gnarled D) embedded
A) solemn B) sumptuous C) mournful D) rogue
A) liable B) embedded C) coaxed D) entrails
A) rogue B) gnarled C) coaxed D) entrails
A) liable B) gnarled C) mournful D) solemn
A) embedded B) solemn C) inquired D) coaxed
A) coaxed B) inquired C) liable D) gnarled |