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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Travis' mother instruct him to do while he is doing his chores?
(a) He is to say his prayers while he works.
(b) He is to recite his Latin verbs while he works.
(c) He is to think about Little Arliss and the dog.
(d) He is to recite his numbers while he works.

2. What does Old Yeller do when he hears the bulls start to fight?
(a) He cowers in the corner of the cabin.
(b) He runs away into the hills.
(c) He hides behind Arliss.
(d) He charges at them, trying to chase them away.

3. When do the hogs become the most vicious?
(a) When they get old.
(b) When cornered.
(c) When they are two years old.
(d) When being chased.

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

5. What is the first suggestion Sanderson gives to Mama about keeping Old Yeller?
(a) He suggests that the dog stays with them until Papa comes back.
(b) He offers to give her a puppy instead of Old Yeller.
(c) He suggests that she take the boys inside while he grabs Old Yeller.
(d) He suggests that she pay him with the milk cow to keep Old Yeller.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the color of the two bulls?

2. What is the trade that Sanderson and Little Arliss agree upon?

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

4. What does Little Arliss do to Sanderson?

5. What advice does Sanderson give to Travis about when to shoot an animal with hydrophobia?

(see the answer key)

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