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