A) 1849 Gold Rush California B) Texas in the 1860s C) 1902 Oklahoma D) Abilene, Kansas 1600s
A) He is a gift from Papa. B) He wanders onto their place. C) Travis catches him in their drinking water. D) He is given to them by a neighbor.
A) to buy cattle at Abilene, Kansas B) to join in the Civil War C) to sell cattle at the Salt Licks D) to sell cattle at Abilene, Kansas
A) “He was too scared and too mad.” 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) “All of which, I figure, is what lead up to Little Arliss catching the bear.”
A) bossy B) strong willed C) all of these D) curious
A) He was able to find himself a new home. B) He was able to get meat hanging from the rafters. C) He was still alive after being a stray in the wild. D) He was able to catch fish by jumping on it in the creek.
A) a bite from a dead rattlesnake B) a cut from a javelina's tushes C) a run-in with a panther D) fight with a copperhead
A) He used the reins to make him mind. B) He used Yeller 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 movement C) your scent D) your shape
A) a type of wild bear B) a type of wild bull C) a type of wild hog D) a type of wild bird
A) a pair of playful squirrels B) a mama bear and cub C) a family of bob whites D) a group of javelinas
A) He didn’t want her to suffer. B) She was pretty and harmless. C) He wasn’t a good shot. D) He didn’t like to eat venison.
A) teaching Arliss how to throw rocks B) throwing rocks at the stray dog C) telling the dog to sic the bulls D) watching the bulls fight
A) to find fat horny toads instead B) to tell the difference between venomous and nonvenomous snakes C) to kill all the snakes he could find 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) metaphor B) hyperbole C) simile D) personification
A) He was afraid Old Yeller would get into their house. B) He was afraid that Old Yeller would get hurt. C) He was afraid Arliss would run after Yeller. D) He was afraid that he would spoil their show.
A) to stop Little Arliss from playing in the drinking water B) to stop the bulls from tearing down their place C) to stop the She Bear from getting Old Yeller D) to stop Old Yeller from eating more meat
A) Roany fell into Birdsong Creek. B) Roany burnt his tongue on a wheel. C) Chongo pushed Roany into a cart. D) Chonga was injured by the other bull’s horn.
A) a saw and an axe B) an axe and wedges C) a hammer and an axe D) a hammer and wedges
A) by the yell of Old Yeller B) by the sound of his scream C) by the roar of the bear D) by the screech of the panther
A) when the family was safe B) when the cub ran away to the woods C) when he was too tired to fight anymore D) when Arliss stopped screaming
A) mad bull B) red bull C) short horn D) droopy horn
A) The whole group of javelinas would eat you alive. B) The whole group of javelinas would run away. C) The whole group of javelinas would start shrieking. 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) “…but not once did he ever even act like he could smell the meat we’d hung up.” C) “Well, it all wound up about like I figured.” D) “Then I made myself get as still as a tree.”
A) hunt upwind and climb a tree B) hunt downwind and climb a tree C) hunt upwind and be still D) hunt downwind and be still
A) He scared the deer into a group of cattle that trample it. B) He scares the deer into running into a tree. C) He shots it through the leg. D) He shots it through the heart.
A) The Rolling Cart B) Roany and Chongo C) The She Bear D) Little Arliss and the Bulls
A) angry B) excited C) scared D) sad
A) He ran into the deep drinking water of the spring. B) He ran into the house and started to lick them and bark. C) He was able to rough up the She Bear. D) The She Bear chased him into the woods.
A) roan B) depredation C) shrill D) clout
A) sulked B) shrill C) poultice D) clout
A) poultice B) sulked C) clout D) thickets
A) thickets B) withers C) wallowing D) sulked
A) poultice B) wallowing C) clout D) broadside
A) withers B) broadside C) poultices D) thickets
A) poultice B) roan C) shrill D) clout
A) thickets B) poultice C) withers D) wallowing
A) depredation B) thickets C) shrill D) wallowing
A) poultice B) broadside C) sulked D) clout |