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