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