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