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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 discover when he opens the dog run door where the meat is stored?
(a) Little Arliss is hanging from the meat.
(b) A wolf is eating the meat.
(c) The meat is gone.
(d) The meat is rotten.

2. What is the color of the two bulls?
(a) One of the bulls is a red roan and the other is black.
(b) One of the bulls is a mustard color and the other is black.
(c) One of the bulls is a mustard color and the other is a red roan.
(d) One of the bulls is black and the other is gray with spots.

3. Why does Sanderson get off his horse and approach Little Arliss?
(a) He tells Little Arliss he is acting like a baby.
(b) He asks Little Arliss if he wants to keep the dog.
(c) He slaps Little Arliss for his temper tantrum.
(d) He asks Little Arliss if he wants a puppy instead.

4. Where does Travis' family keep their hogs and cattle?
(a) They keep them in a fenced pasture.
(b) They keep then in a barn.
(c) They are loose on the range.
(d) They keep them in a lean to.

5. What are the symptoms of hydrophobia?
(a) Foaming at the mouth and blind staggers.
(b) Watery eyes and lethargy.
(c) Limping and vomiting.
(d) Swollen eyes and vomiting.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Travis react to the pending bull fight?

2. What does Travis do to try and drive the bulls away from the cabin?

3. When do the hogs become the most vicious?

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

5. What does Mama ask Travis to do after he milks the cows?

(see the answer key)

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