A) 1849 Gold Rush California B) Abilene, Kansas 1600s C) 1902 Oklahoma D) Texas in the 1860s
A) He is a gift from Papa. B) Travis catches him in their drinking water. C) He is given to them by a neighbor. D) He wanders onto their place.
A) to sell cattle at the Salt Licks B) to join in the Civil War C) to buy cattle at Abilene, Kansas D) to sell cattle at Abilene, Kansas
A) “We never once thought about being in any real danger.” 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) “He was too scared and too mad.”
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 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 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 a club to make him mind. B) He used the reins to make him mind. C) He used the bull whip make him mind. D) He used Yeller to make him mind.
A) your gun B) your movement C) your scent D) your shape
A) a type of wild bull B) a type of wild bear C) a type of wild bird D) a type of wild hog
A) a group of javelinas B) a pair of playful squirrels C) a family of bob whites D) a mama bear and cub
A) He didn’t want her to suffer. B) She was pretty and harmless. C) He wasn’t a good shot. D) He didn’t like to eat venison.
A) throwing rocks at the stray dog B) teaching Arliss how to throw rocks C) watching the bulls fight 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 tell the difference between venomous and nonvenomous snakes D) to stop catching all living creatures
A) He didn’t want Arliss to scare all the fish away. B) He wanted Arliss to stay out to the water for the crops. C) He was worried that Arliss might drown. D) He wanted Arliss to stay out of the drinking water.
A) metaphor B) simile C) hyperbole D) personification
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 the bulls from tearing down their place C) to stop Little Arliss from playing in the drinking water D) to stop Old Yeller from eating more meat
A) Roany burnt his tongue on a wheel. B) Chonga was injured by the other bull’s horn. C) Roany fell into Birdsong Creek. D) Chongo pushed Roany into a cart.
A) a saw and an axe B) an axe and wedges C) a hammer and wedges D) a hammer and an axe
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 the family was safe C) when he was too tired to fight anymore D) when Arliss stopped screaming
A) red bull B) droopy horn C) short horn D) mad bull
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) “It was like she suddenly lit down out of the air…” 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) “Then I made myself get as still as a tree.”
A) hunt upwind and be still B) hunt downwind and climb a tree C) hunt upwind and climb a tree D) hunt downwind and be still
A) He scared the deer into a group of cattle that trample it. B) He scares the deer into running into a tree. C) He shots it through the heart. 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) angry B) scared C) excited D) sad
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) clout B) roan C) depredation D) shrill
A) shrill B) clout C) sulked D) poultice
A) clout B) thickets C) poultice D) sulked
A) withers B) thickets C) wallowing D) sulked
A) clout B) broadside C) wallowing D) poultice
A) thickets B) broadside C) withers D) poultices
A) clout B) roan C) poultice D) shrill
A) thickets B) withers C) poultice D) wallowing
A) depredation B) shrill C) thickets D) wallowing
A) poultice B) clout C) broadside D) sulked |