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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mama's reaction to Sanderson's first suggestion?
(a) She is insulted by the suggestion.
(b) She accepts it.
(c) She is angry.
(d) She refuses.

2. How does Travis show his love for Old Yeller?
(a) He bathes him, pulls thorns from his paw, burns ticks off, and lets him sleep with him.
(b) He brushes the dog every day.
(c) He gives Old Yeller his share of the meat.
(d) He brings Old Yeller for long walks.

3. How does Travis interpret the sounds of the old bull?
(a) Travis says that the old bull is giving up his rights as leader.
(b) Travis says that the bull is bragging about being the biggest, toughest, and meanest.
(c) Travis says that the old bull is asking the younger bull to kill him.
(d) Travis says that the old bull is surrendering and willing to die.

4. What does Mama say about Old Yeller?
(a) She says that the dog is sick.
(b) She says that the dog can stay.
(c) She says that the dog has to go.
(d) She says that the dog needs some food.

5. What does Travis have to do to the hogs to be able to tell them apart from the neighbor's hogs?
(a) He cuts their tails.
(b) He has to catch them and mark them.
(c) He brands them.
(d) He tattoos their ears.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of hog hangs out with the sows to protect them?

2. Why can't Travis sleep on the night that Sanderson tells him about hydrophobia?

3. What do the hogs do if a blizzard is on the way?

4. What sound do the bulls make that are looking for a fight outside the family's cabin?

5. Why does Travis run off when the trade is made between Arliss and Sanderson?

(see the answer key)

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