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