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