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