A) 1849 Gold Rush California B) Texas in the 1860s C) 1902 Oklahoma D) Abilene, Kansas 1600s
A) He is given to them by a neighbor. B) Travis catches him in their drinking water. C) He is a gift from Papa. D) He wanders onto their place.
A) to sell cattle at Abilene, Kansas B) to buy cattle at Abilene, Kansas C) to sell cattle at the Salt Licks D) to join in the Civil War
A) “He was too scared and too mad.” B) “We never once thought about being in any real danger.” C) “Then later, when I had to kill him, it was like having to shoot some of my own folks.” D) “All of which, I figure, is what lead up to Little Arliss catching the bear.”
A) all of these B) bossy C) curious D) strong willed
A) He was still alive after being a stray in the wild. B) He was able to find himself a new home. C) He was able to catch fish by jumping on it in the creek. D) He was able to get meat hanging from the rafters.
A) a run-in with a panther B) a cut from a javelina's tushes C) a bite from a dead rattlesnake D) fight with a copperhead
A) He used the bull whip make him mind. B) He used the reins to make him mind. C) He used Yeller to make him mind. D) He used a club to make him mind.
A) your movement B) your scent C) your shape D) your gun
A) a type of wild bird B) a type of wild bull C) a type of wild bear D) a type of wild hog
A) a group of javelinas B) a mama bear and cub C) a pair of playful squirrels D) a family of bob whites
A) She was pretty and harmless. B) He didn’t want her to suffer. C) He wasn’t a good shot. D) He didn’t like to eat venison.
A) watching the bulls fight B) throwing rocks at the stray dog C) teaching Arliss how to throw rocks D) telling the dog to sic the bulls
A) to kill all the snakes he could find B) to find fat horny toads instead C) to stop catching all living creatures D) to tell the difference between venomous and nonvenomous snakes
A) He wanted Arliss to stay out of the drinking water. B) He was worried that Arliss might drown. C) He wanted Arliss to stay out to the water for the crops. D) He didn’t want Arliss to scare all the fish away.
A) simile B) metaphor C) personification D) hyperbole
A) He was afraid that Old Yeller would get hurt. B) He was afraid Arliss would run after Yeller. C) He was afraid Old Yeller would get into their house. D) He was afraid that he would spoil their show.
A) to stop Little Arliss from playing in the drinking water B) to stop Old Yeller from eating more meat C) to stop the bulls from tearing down their place D) to stop the She Bear from getting Old Yeller
A) Chongo pushed Roany into a cart. B) Roany fell into Birdsong Creek. C) Roany burnt his tongue on a wheel. D) Chonga was injured by the other bull’s horn.
A) an axe and wedges B) a hammer and an axe C) a hammer and wedges D) a saw and an axe
A) by the yell of Old Yeller B) by the sound of his scream C) by the screech of the panther D) by the roar of the bear
A) when Arliss stopped screaming B) when the cub ran away to the woods C) when the family was safe D) when he was too tired to fight anymore
A) short horn B) droopy horn C) red bull D) mad bull
A) The whole group of javelinas would run away. B) The whole group of javelinas would start shrieking. C) The whole group of javelinas would eat you alive. D) The whole group of javelinas would run wild in the woods.
A) “Then I made myself get as still as a tree.” B) “…but not once did he ever even act like he could smell the meat we’d hung up.” C) “It was like she suddenly lit down out of the air…” D) “Well, it all wound up about like I figured.”
A) hunt upwind and climb a tree B) hunt downwind and be still C) hunt upwind and be still D) hunt downwind and climb a tree
A) He shots it through the heart. B) He scares the deer into running into a tree. C) He shots it through the leg. D) He scared the deer into a group of cattle that trample it.
A) The She Bear B) Little Arliss and the Bulls C) Roany and Chongo D) The Rolling Cart
A) angry B) sad C) excited D) scared
A) He ran into the house and started to lick them and bark. B) He ran into the deep drinking water of the spring. C) He was able to rough up the She Bear. D) The She Bear chased him into the woods.
A) depredation B) shrill C) clout D) roan
A) clout B) sulked C) poultice D) shrill
A) sulked B) thickets C) clout D) poultice
A) sulked B) thickets C) withers D) wallowing
A) clout B) poultice C) wallowing D) broadside
A) broadside B) withers C) poultices D) thickets
A) clout B) poultice C) roan D) shrill
A) poultice B) wallowing C) thickets D) withers
A) wallowing B) thickets C) depredation D) shrill
A) poultice B) broadside C) clout D) sulked |