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