A) a neighbor who comes with gossip and wanting a free meal B) a new settler and owner of Old Yeller C) the preacher in the Salt Licks community D) a traveling salesman from Abilene
A) She doesn't want Old Yeller to be whipped. B) She has a crush on Travis. C) Her dog is going to have Old Yeller's pups. D) She wants the townspeople to think a wolf is stealing the food.
A) rabies B) measles C) typhoid D) diphtheria
A) Old Yeller sleeps in the boys' room at night. B) He puts him in the corn crib at night. C) Travis ties Old Yeller to the fence post. D) Old Yeller is locked in the barn.
A) He was losing his self-confidence. B) He was anxious to get the horse his father promised him. C) He was beginning to feel the stress of being the man of the family. D) He couldn't put up with Little Arliss's tantrums any longer.
A) Arliss can have Old Yeller for all the bugs and snakes in his pocket. B) Arliss can have Old Yeller for a milking cow. C) Arliss can have Old Yeller if his mother will invite him to dinner. D) Arliss can have Old Yeller until his pa returns.
A) He is so upset about Old Yeller being taken that he might cry. B) He is so relieved he could cry and doesn’t want anyone to see him crying. C) He is embarrassed about the way Little Arliss was acting. D) He is so angry at Mr. Sanderson that he wants to hit him.
A) Burn Sanderson's warning about the hydrophobia plague B) his father's failure to return when he'd promised C) spotting a fox that was acting unnaturally D) his belief Burn Sanderson would take Old Yeller back
A) He is afraid, but he knows he has to do it. B) He is looking forward to it. C) He thinks it is a time consuming job and whines about it to Mama. D) He is terrified and tries to find a way out of doing 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 chase them into a cave, and Old Yeller would stand by him. B) He would scatter them in different areas of the woods so he could brand them one at a time. C) He would steer them into a pen, and have Old Yeller keep them there. D) He would climb a tree, and Old Yeller would keep them close so he could lift them up one at a time.
A) the swallows’ nests B) the pine forest C) the bat caves D) the roaring river
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 turns around and is rammed in the back by a hog. D) He stands on a cliff where the earth is not stable and falls into the center of the boars.
A) He found the hogs feeding on a cow's carcass. B) He was pulled off the bank by a huge hog he'd roped. C) The dirt bank he was on gave way, and a wild hog slashed his leg. D) Old Yeller chased a wolf that was stalking the hogs.
A) He burned ticks off Yeller. B) He gave Old Yeller a bath. C) He did all of these things. D) He covered him with bacon grease.
A) He heard him bark. B) He saw his paw prints. C) He saw buzzards circling. D) He heard him whine.
A) She would fix Travis’s cut. B) She would know what to do. C) He was really scared. D) He needed her to find Yeller.
A) the smell of a skunk B) Yeller’s frantic barking C) the prickly pear spines D) the blood hammering in his ears
A) rubbing turpentine on your chest B) eating fresh watermelon C) sleeping in the cornfield D) breathing skunk scent
A) Travis had to bribe her with some fresh corn on both occasions. 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) Spot kicked Travis away from her during both.
A) solemn B) liable C) rogue D) entrails
A) inquired B) gnarled C) sumptuous D) embedded
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A) inquired B) coaxed C) embedded D) gnarled
A) sumptuous B) mournful C) solemn D) rogue
A) entrails B) coaxed C) embedded D) liable
A) coaxed B) gnarled C) rogue D) entrails
A) solemn B) liable C) mournful D) gnarled
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