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