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