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