A) the preacher in the Salt Licks community B) a neighbor who comes with gossip and wanting a free meal C) a new settler and owner of Old Yeller D) a traveling salesman from Abilene
A) Her dog is going to have Old Yeller's pups. B) She doesn't want Old Yeller to be whipped. C) She wants the townspeople to think a wolf is stealing the food. D) She has a crush on Travis.
A) measles B) typhoid C) rabies D) diphtheria
A) Travis ties Old Yeller to the fence post. B) He puts him in the corn crib at night. C) Old Yeller is locked in the barn. D) Old Yeller sleeps in the boys' room at night.
A) He couldn't put up with Little Arliss's tantrums any longer. B) He was beginning to feel the stress of being the man of the family. C) He was losing his self-confidence. D) He was anxious to get the horse his father promised him.
A) Arliss can have Old Yeller if his mother will invite him to dinner. B) Arliss can have Old Yeller until his pa returns. C) Arliss can have Old Yeller for all the bugs and snakes in his pocket. D) Arliss can have Old Yeller for a milking cow.
A) He is embarrassed about the way Little Arliss was acting. B) He is so angry at Mr. Sanderson that he wants to hit him. C) He is so upset about Old Yeller being taken that he might cry. D) He is so relieved he could cry and doesn’t want anyone to see him crying.
A) his father's failure to return when he'd promised B) spotting a fox that was acting unnaturally C) his belief Burn Sanderson would take Old Yeller back D) Burn Sanderson's warning about the hydrophobia plague
A) He is afraid, but he knows he has to do it. B) He thinks it is a time consuming job and whines about it to Mama. C) He is terrified and tries to find a way out of doing it. D) He is looking forward to it.
A) Each pig is branded with a different branding iron. B) Each pig has a different series of notches cut in its ears. C) Each group of pigs is kept in a different field. D) Each pig has a collar with the family’s name.
A) He would steer them into a pen, and have Old Yeller keep them there. B) He would chase them into a cave, and Old Yeller would stand by him. C) He would climb a tree, and Old Yeller would keep them close so he could lift them up one at a time. D) He would scatter them in different areas of the woods so he could brand them one at a time.
A) the pine forest B) the roaring river C) the swallows’ nests D) the bat caves
A) He turns around and is rammed in the back by a hog. B) He gets into the middle of the boars and tries to get the piglets away. C) He is backed next to a cliff by the boars and has no way of escaping. D) He stands on a cliff where the earth is not stable and falls into the center of the boars.
A) Old Yeller chased a wolf that was stalking the hogs. B) The dirt bank he was on gave way, and a wild hog slashed his leg. C) He found the hogs feeding on a cow's carcass. D) He was pulled off the bank by a huge hog he'd roped.
A) He did all of these things. B) He covered him with bacon grease. C) He burned ticks off Yeller. D) He gave Old Yeller a bath.
A) He saw his paw prints. B) He heard him bark. C) He saw buzzards circling. D) He heard him whine.
A) She would know what to do. B) He needed her to find Yeller. C) She would fix Travis’s cut. D) He was really scared.
A) the blood hammering in his ears B) the prickly pear spines C) the smell of a skunk D) Yeller’s frantic barking
A) sleeping in the cornfield B) eating fresh watermelon C) rubbing turpentine on your chest D) breathing skunk scent
A) Travis had to use a strap on her to get her to do what he wanted both times. B) Old Yeller was responsible for making Spot behave in both cases. C) Travis had to bribe her with some fresh corn on both occasions. D) Spot kicked Travis away from her during both.
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