A) a traveling salesman from Abilene B) a neighbor who comes with gossip and wanting a free meal C) a new settler and owner of Old Yeller D) the preacher in the Salt Licks community
A) She doesn't want Old Yeller to be whipped. B) She wants the townspeople to think a wolf is stealing the food. C) She has a crush on Travis. D) Her dog is going to have Old Yeller's pups.
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) Old Yeller is locked in the barn. D) Travis ties Old Yeller to the fence post.
A) He couldn't put up with Little Arliss's tantrums any longer. B) He was losing his self-confidence. C) He was anxious to get the horse his father promised him. 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 if his mother will invite him to dinner. C) Arliss can have Old Yeller until his pa returns. D) Arliss can have Old Yeller for all the bugs and snakes in his pocket.
A) He is so angry at Mr. Sanderson that he wants to hit him. B) He is so upset about Old Yeller being taken that he might cry. C) He is embarrassed about the way Little Arliss was acting. D) He is so relieved he could cry and doesn’t want anyone to see him crying.
A) Burn Sanderson's warning about the hydrophobia plague B) spotting a fox that was acting unnaturally C) his father's failure to return when he'd promised D) his belief Burn Sanderson would take Old Yeller back
A) He is terrified and tries to find a way out of doing it. B) He is afraid, but he knows he has to do it. C) He thinks it is a time consuming job and whines about it to Mama. 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 pig has a collar with the family’s name. D) Each group of pigs is kept in a different field.
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 roaring river B) the swallows’ nests C) the bat caves D) the pine forest
A) He is backed next to a cliff by the boars and has no way of escaping. B) He turns around and is rammed in the back by a hog. 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) 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 did all of these things. B) He covered him with bacon grease. C) He gave Old Yeller a bath. D) He burned ticks off Yeller.
A) He heard him whine. B) He saw his paw prints. C) He heard him bark. D) He saw buzzards circling.
A) He was really scared. B) He needed her to find Yeller. C) She would know what to do. D) She would fix Travis’s cut.
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) rubbing turpentine on your chest C) breathing skunk scent D) eating fresh watermelon
A) Spot kicked Travis away from her during both. B) Travis had to bribe her with some fresh corn on both occasions. C) Travis had to use a strap on her to get her to do what he wanted both times. D) Old Yeller was responsible for making Spot behave in both cases.
A) rogue B) solemn C) liable D) entrails
A) inquired B) embedded C) gnarled D) sumptuous
A) sumptuous B) coaxed C) gnarled D) solemn
A) coaxed B) gnarled C) embedded D) inquired
A) mournful B) sumptuous C) rogue D) solemn
A) entrails B) liable C) embedded D) coaxed
A) rogue B) gnarled C) coaxed D) entrails
A) solemn B) liable C) mournful D) gnarled
A) coaxed B) embedded C) solemn D) inquired
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