A) 1902 Oklahoma B) Abilene, Kansas 1600s C) Texas in the 1860s D) 1849 Gold Rush California
A) He is given to them by a neighbor. B) Travis catches him in their drinking water. C) He wanders onto their place. D) He is a gift from Papa.
A) to join in the Civil War B) to buy cattle at Abilene, Kansas C) to sell cattle at Abilene, Kansas D) to sell cattle at the Salt Licks
A) “All of which, I figure, is what lead up to Little Arliss catching the bear.” B) “He was too scared and too mad.” 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) all of these C) curious D) bossy
A) He was able to catch fish by jumping on it in the creek. B) He was able to find himself a new home. C) He was still alive after being a stray in the wild. D) He was able to get meat hanging from the rafters.
A) a bite from a dead rattlesnake B) a cut from a javelina's tushes C) fight with a copperhead D) a run-in with a panther
A) He used the bull whip make him mind. B) He used the reins to make him mind. C) He used a club to make him mind. D) He used Yeller to make him mind.
A) your scent B) your gun C) your movement D) your shape
A) a type of wild bear B) a type of wild bull C) a type of wild bird D) a type of wild hog
A) a family of bob whites B) a pair of playful squirrels C) a group of javelinas D) a mama bear and cub
A) She was pretty and harmless. B) He wasn’t a good shot. C) He didn’t want her to suffer. D) He didn’t like to eat venison.
A) watching the bulls fight B) throwing rocks at the stray dog C) telling the dog to sic the bulls D) teaching Arliss how to throw rocks
A) to tell the difference between venomous and nonvenomous snakes B) to stop catching all living creatures C) to find fat horny toads instead D) to kill all the snakes he could find
A) He wanted Arliss to stay out to the water for the crops. B) He wanted Arliss to stay out of the drinking water. C) He didn’t want Arliss to scare all the fish away. D) He was worried that Arliss might drown.
A) hyperbole B) simile C) personification D) metaphor
A) He was afraid that he would spoil their show. B) He was afraid Old Yeller would get into their house. C) He was afraid that Old Yeller would get hurt. D) He was afraid Arliss would run after Yeller.
A) to stop Little Arliss from playing in the drinking water B) to stop the bulls from tearing down their place C) to stop the She Bear from getting Old Yeller D) to stop Old Yeller from eating more meat
A) Roany fell into Birdsong Creek. B) Roany burnt his tongue on a wheel. C) Chongo pushed Roany into a cart. D) Chonga was injured by the other bull’s horn.
A) a saw and an axe B) an axe and wedges C) a hammer and an axe D) a hammer and wedges
A) by the screech of the panther B) by the roar of the bear C) by the yell of Old Yeller D) by the sound of his scream
A) when the cub ran away to the woods B) when he was too tired to fight anymore C) when the family was safe D) when Arliss stopped screaming
A) mad bull B) short horn C) red bull D) droopy horn
A) The whole group of javelinas would run wild in the woods. 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 away.
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) “Well, it all wound up about like I figured.” D) “It was like she suddenly lit down out of the air…”
A) hunt upwind and be still B) hunt downwind and climb a tree C) hunt downwind and be still D) hunt upwind and climb a tree
A) He scares the deer into running into a tree. B) He shots it through the heart. C) He scared the deer into a group of cattle that trample it. D) He shots it through the leg.
A) Little Arliss and the Bulls B) The Rolling Cart C) The She Bear D) Roany and Chongo
A) scared B) excited C) sad D) angry
A) He ran into the house and started to lick them and bark. B) He was able to rough up the She Bear. C) He ran into the deep drinking water of the spring. D) The She Bear chased him into the woods.
A) roan B) depredation C) clout D) shrill
A) shrill B) poultice C) sulked D) clout
A) sulked B) thickets C) clout D) poultice
A) withers B) wallowing C) thickets D) sulked
A) poultice B) broadside C) clout D) wallowing
A) broadside B) withers C) thickets D) poultices
A) clout B) shrill C) roan D) poultice
A) wallowing B) poultice C) thickets D) withers
A) wallowing B) thickets C) shrill D) depredation
A) poultice B) broadside C) sulked D) clout |