A) Abilene, Kansas 1600s B) 1849 Gold Rush California C) 1902 Oklahoma D) Texas in the 1860s
A) He is given to them by a neighbor. B) Travis catches him in their drinking water. C) He is a gift from Papa. D) He wanders onto their place.
A) to sell cattle at the Salt Licks B) to join in the Civil War C) to buy cattle at Abilene, Kansas D) to sell cattle at Abilene, Kansas
A) “All of which, I figure, is what lead up to Little Arliss catching the bear.” B) “Then later, when I had to kill him, it was like having to shoot some of my own folks.” C) “We never once thought about being in any real danger.” D) “He was too scared and too mad.”
A) strong willed B) bossy C) all of these D) curious
A) He was still alive after being a stray in the wild. B) He was able to find himself a new home. C) He was able to get meat hanging from the rafters. D) He was able to catch fish by jumping on it in the creek.
A) a run-in with a panther B) fight with a copperhead C) a bite from a dead rattlesnake D) a cut from a javelina's tushes
A) He used a club to make him mind. B) He used Yeller to make him mind. C) He used the reins to make him mind. D) He used the bull whip make him mind.
A) your shape B) your gun C) your movement D) your scent
A) a type of wild bird B) a type of wild bear C) a type of wild bull D) a type of wild hog
A) a group of javelinas B) a mama bear and cub C) a pair of playful squirrels D) a family of bob whites
A) He wasn’t a good shot. B) She was pretty and harmless. C) He didn’t want her to suffer. D) He didn’t like to eat venison.
A) teaching Arliss how to throw rocks B) watching the bulls fight C) throwing rocks at the stray dog D) telling the dog to sic the bulls
A) to tell the difference between venomous and nonvenomous snakes B) to kill all the snakes he could find C) to stop catching all living creatures D) to find fat horny toads instead
A) He wanted Arliss to stay out to the water for the crops. B) He didn’t want Arliss to scare all the fish away. C) He was worried that Arliss might drown. D) He wanted Arliss to stay out of the drinking water.
A) simile B) personification C) hyperbole D) metaphor
A) He was afraid that Old Yeller would get hurt. B) He was afraid that he would spoil their show. C) He was afraid Arliss would run after Yeller. D) He was afraid Old Yeller would get into their house.
A) to stop the bulls from tearing down their place B) to stop the She Bear from getting Old Yeller C) to stop Little Arliss from playing in the drinking water D) to stop Old Yeller from eating more meat
A) Roany fell into Birdsong Creek. B) Chongo pushed Roany into a cart. C) Chonga was injured by the other bull’s horn. D) Roany burnt his tongue on a wheel.
A) a hammer and an axe B) an axe and wedges C) a saw and an axe D) a hammer and wedges
A) by the roar of the bear B) by the screech of the panther C) by the sound of his scream D) by the yell of Old Yeller
A) when Arliss stopped screaming B) when the cub ran away to the woods C) when the family was safe D) when he was too tired to fight anymore
A) short horn B) droopy horn C) red bull D) mad bull
A) The whole group of javelinas would start shrieking. B) The whole group of javelinas would run away. C) The whole group of javelinas would eat you alive. D) The whole group of javelinas would run wild in the woods.
A) “It was like she suddenly lit down out of the air…” B) “Well, it all wound up about like I figured.” C) “Then I made myself get as still as a tree.” D) “…but not once did he ever even act like he could smell the meat we’d hung up.”
A) hunt upwind and be still B) hunt downwind and be still C) hunt downwind and climb a tree D) hunt upwind and climb a tree
A) He shots it through the heart. B) He scared the deer into a group of cattle that trample it. C) He shots it through the leg. D) He scares the deer into running into a tree.
A) The Rolling Cart B) Little Arliss and the Bulls C) Roany and Chongo D) The She Bear
A) scared B) excited C) sad D) angry
A) The She Bear chased him into the woods. B) He was able to rough up the She Bear. C) He ran into the house and started to lick them and bark. D) He ran into the deep drinking water of the spring.
A) clout B) roan C) depredation D) shrill
A) poultice B) clout C) shrill D) sulked
A) sulked B) clout C) poultice D) thickets
A) withers B) thickets C) sulked D) wallowing
A) clout B) broadside C) poultice D) wallowing
A) poultices B) thickets C) broadside D) withers
A) roan B) poultice C) shrill D) clout
A) thickets B) wallowing C) withers D) poultice
A) shrill B) depredation C) wallowing D) thickets
A) broadside B) poultice C) sulked D) clout |