A) a new settler and owner of Old Yeller B) the preacher in the Salt Licks community C) a neighbor who comes with gossip and wanting a free meal D) a traveling salesman from Abilene
A) She wants the townspeople to think a wolf is stealing the food. B) She doesn't want Old Yeller to be whipped. C) Her dog is going to have Old Yeller's pups. D) She has a crush on Travis.
A) diphtheria B) measles C) rabies D) typhoid
A) Travis ties Old Yeller to the fence post. B) Old Yeller sleeps in the boys' room at night. C) Old Yeller is locked in the barn. D) He puts him in the corn crib at night.
A) He was beginning to feel the stress of being the man of the family. B) He couldn't put up with Little Arliss's tantrums any longer. C) He was anxious to get the horse his father promised him. D) He was losing his self-confidence.
A) Arliss can have Old Yeller if his mother will invite him to dinner. B) Arliss can have Old Yeller for all the bugs and snakes in his pocket. C) Arliss can have Old Yeller until his pa returns. D) Arliss can have Old Yeller for a milking cow.
A) He is so angry at Mr. Sanderson that he wants to hit him. 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 upset about Old Yeller being taken that he might cry.
A) his belief Burn Sanderson would take Old Yeller back B) Burn Sanderson's warning about the hydrophobia plague C) spotting a fox that was acting unnaturally D) his father's failure to return when he'd promised
A) He is afraid, but he knows he has to do it. B) He thinks it is a time consuming job and whines about it to Mama. C) He is looking forward to 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 group of pigs is kept in a different field. D) Each pig has a collar with the family’s name.
A) He would steer them into a pen, and have Old Yeller keep them there. B) He would scatter them in different areas of the woods so he could brand them one at a time. 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 chase them into a cave, and Old Yeller would stand by him.
A) the roaring river B) the swallows’ nests C) the pine forest D) the bat caves
A) He gets into the middle of the boars and tries to get the piglets away. 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 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) 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) 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 buzzards circling. C) He heard him whine. D) He saw his paw prints.
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 prickly pear spines B) Yeller’s frantic barking C) the smell of a skunk D) the blood hammering in his ears
A) eating fresh watermelon B) breathing skunk scent C) sleeping in the cornfield D) rubbing turpentine on your chest
A) Spot kicked Travis away from her during both. B) Old Yeller was responsible for making Spot behave in both cases. C) Travis had to bribe her with some fresh corn on both occasions. D) Travis had to use a strap on her to get her to do what he wanted both times.
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