A) a neighbor who comes with gossip and wanting a free meal B) the preacher in the Salt Licks community C) a new settler and owner of Old Yeller D) a traveling salesman from Abilene
A) She has a crush on Travis. B) Her dog is going to have Old Yeller's pups. C) She doesn't want Old Yeller to be whipped. D) She wants the townspeople to think a wolf is stealing the food.
A) diphtheria B) rabies C) measles D) typhoid
A) Old Yeller is locked in the barn. B) Travis ties Old Yeller to the fence post. C) He puts him in the corn crib at night. D) Old Yeller sleeps in the boys' room at night.
A) He was beginning to feel the stress of being the man of the family. B) He was losing his self-confidence. C) He was anxious to get the horse his father promised him. D) He couldn't put up with Little Arliss's tantrums any longer.
A) Arliss can have Old Yeller until his pa returns. B) Arliss can have Old Yeller for a milking cow. C) Arliss can have Old Yeller if his mother will invite him to dinner. D) Arliss can have Old Yeller for all the bugs and snakes in his pocket.
A) He is so relieved he could cry and doesn’t want anyone to see him crying. B) He is embarrassed about the way Little Arliss was acting. C) He is so upset about Old Yeller being taken that he might cry. D) He is so angry at Mr. Sanderson that he wants to hit him.
A) his father's failure to return when he'd promised B) his belief Burn Sanderson would take Old Yeller back C) spotting a fox that was acting unnaturally D) Burn Sanderson's warning about the hydrophobia plague
A) He is terrified and tries to find a way out of doing it. B) He is looking forward to it. C) He thinks it is a time consuming job and whines about it to Mama. D) He is afraid, but he knows he has to do it.
A) Each pig has a different series of notches cut in its ears. B) Each pig has a collar with the family’s name. C) Each group of pigs is kept in a different field. D) Each pig is branded with a different branding iron.
A) He would scatter them in different areas of the woods so he could brand them one at a time. B) He would climb a tree, and Old Yeller would keep them close so he could lift them up one at a time. C) He would chase them into a cave, and Old Yeller would stand by him. D) He would steer them into a pen, and have Old Yeller keep them there.
A) the pine forest B) the swallows’ nests C) the bat caves D) the roaring river
A) He stands on a cliff where the earth is not stable and falls into the center of the boars. B) He is backed next to a cliff by the boars and has no way of escaping. C) He turns around and is rammed in the back by a hog. D) He gets into the middle of the boars and tries to get the piglets away.
A) He was pulled off the bank by a huge hog he'd roped. B) The dirt bank he was on gave way, and a wild hog slashed his leg. C) Old Yeller chased a wolf that was stalking the hogs. D) He found the hogs feeding on a cow's carcass.
A) He did all of these things. B) He covered him with bacon grease. C) He burned ticks off Yeller. D) He gave Old Yeller a bath.
A) He saw buzzards circling. B) He saw his paw prints. C) He heard him whine. D) He heard him bark.
A) She would fix Travis’s cut. B) She would know what to do. C) He was really scared. D) He needed her to find Yeller.
A) the smell of a skunk B) the prickly pear spines C) Yeller’s frantic barking D) the blood hammering in his ears
A) breathing skunk scent B) rubbing turpentine on your chest C) eating fresh watermelon D) sleeping in the cornfield
A) Travis had to bribe her with some fresh corn on both occasions. B) Old Yeller was responsible for making Spot behave in both cases. C) Spot kicked Travis away from her during both. D) Travis had to use a strap on her to get her to do what he wanted both times.
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