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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Travis feel about marking the hogs?
(a) He thinks it's a tedious job.
(b) He is terrified and tries to find a way out of it.
(c) He is looking forward to it.
(d) He is afraid but knows he has to do it.

2. What lures wolves to the cabin?
(a) The sounds of humans.
(b) The scent of dead meat.
(c) The scent of blood from Old Yeller.
(d) Mama cooking meat on the stove.

3. Why is Travis sickened when he looks at Spot?
(a) She is vomiting constantly.
(b) She is starving and looks like a skeleton.
(c) He knows that he has to shoot her.
(d) He sees that a wound on her side is covered in maggots.

4. How do Travis and Old Yeller feel for a couple of weeks after the hog attack?
(a) Old Yeller recovers quickly but Travis has a rough time.
(b) Travis is feeling fine but Old Yeller has a rough time.
(c) They both have a rough time of it.
(d) They both recover quickly.

5. How does Travis feel after he shoots his dog?
(a) He gets on with his life.
(b) He cries all the time.
(c) He can't seem to get over it.
(d) He sleeps for days.

6. What does Travis do while Mama, Lisbeth, and Old Yeller go to burn Spot?
(a) He reads a book to Arliss.
(b) He teaches Arliss how to shoot.
(c) He cooks supper for everyone.
(d) He stays at home with Little Arliss.

7. How does Mama prevent Jumper from jumping into the corn field?
(a) She ties a chunk of wood to his forefoot.
(b) She ties him to a tree.
(c) She ties a large stone to his back leg.
(d) She ties his back legs together.

8. Why is Mama so upset that Jumper is eating the corn?
(a) The corn is for the sheep.
(b) They won't have any corn meal for bread in the winter.
(c) They need the corn to eat until winter comes.
(d) They need the corn to feed the cows.

9. What does Travis see that makes him think Old Yeller is dead?
(a) Buzzards circling and diving above the spot where Old Yeller is hidden
(b) Flies are hovering over the spot where Old Yeller is hidden.
(c) He sees a large puddle of blood around the spot where Old Yeller is hidden.
(d) He sees a sees a hog sniffing around the spot where Old Yeller is hidden.

10. What type of hog hangs out with the sows to protect them?
(a) Range hogs.
(b) Boar.
(c) Bar' hogs.
(d) Shoats.

11. Why isn't Travis excited about the puppy that Lisbeth gives to him?
(a) He doesn't want a puppy because he has Old Yeller.
(b) He doesn't want the trouble of another dog.
(c) He wants a horse instead.
(d) He wants a purebred dog instead.

12. What will the hogs do if they catch up to someone?
(a) They will shake their tusks but then run off.
(b) They will kill their pursuer.
(c) They will back away slowly.
(d) They will turn and walk away.

13. What does Mama use to give water to Old Yeller?
(a) A cowhide sack.
(b) Her hat.
(c) Her purse.
(d) Travis' hat.

14. When does Travis become uneasy about why Mama and Lisbeth haven't returned home?
(a) At midnight.
(b) At suppertime.
(c) When darkness came.
(d) At daybreak.

15. Why does Mama decide that the Spot heifer must be killed?
(a) It will provide them with enough meat for the winter.
(b) It has hydrophobia.
(c) Old Yeller needs the meat to get well.
(d) It is no good for milking.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Travis know that he is near the hogs?

2. How does Mama sew up Old Yeller's wound?

3. How does Travis hide Old Yeller while he runs home to get help?

4. Why is Travis angry that Bud Searcy comes to visit?

5. What does Mama use as a poultice for Travis' wound?

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