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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lisbeth do while she stays with Travis and his family?

2. How does Travis feel about marking the hogs?

3. What does Papa bring home with him?

4. How does Travis propose getting Old Yeller home?

5. When does Travis become uneasy about why Mama and Lisbeth haven't returned home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the actions of Travis when he realized that the roan bull has hydrophobia.

2. Describe how Travis plans to mark the remainder of his hogs.

3. Explain why Travis and Old Yeller head out to bat cave country.

4. Describe the condition of Travis and Old Yeller for the next few weeks.

5. What does Mama tell Little Arliss to do while she is stitching Old Yeller's belly?

6. Describe why Mama is afraid of their wild hogs.

7. Describe the procedure Travis uses for marking the hogs.

8. Describe the condition of the roan bull who wanders around the cabin.

9. Summarize how Travis and Mama get Old Yeller back to the cabin.

10. Explain the first thing Mama and Travis see as they get closer to the spot where Travis hid Old Yeller.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Discuss how Travis grows as a character from the beginning of the novel to the end.

2) How does his attitude change toward Old Yeller?

3) How does his attitude change about what is important in his life?

4) What are the differences in his attitude toward the meaning of responsibility in the beginning to the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

1) Summarize how Fred Gipson uses local color and imagery to describe the cabin and Birdsong Creek.

2) Cite descriptive examples of the interior and exterior of the cabin, the area around Birdsong Creek, and the places Travis and Old Yeller travel during the novel.

3) How does the imagery Gipson uses depict a clear and accurate picture of the cabin and surrounding landscape?

Essay Topic 3

1) Analyze the impact of the Civil War on the American economy as described in the novel.

2) What result does this economy have on the lives of Papa, Travis, Mama, and Little Arliss?

3) Predict how different their lives would have been if the war had not affected the economy.

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