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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Travis do to try and drive the bulls away from the cabin?
(a) He throws rocks at them.
(b) He goes after them with a bull whip.
(c) He tosses boiling water at them.
(d) He chases them with a pitch fork.

2. What does Travis' father ask him to do while he is away?
(a) He asks Travis to fetch a neighbor to help the family.
(b) He asks Travis to go to neighbors and work for food.
(c) He asks Travis to keep up with his school work.
(d) He asks Travis to take care of the family and act like a man.

3. What does Travis ask his father for before he leaves?
(a) A horse.
(b) A new rifle.
(c) A dog.
(d) A Bowie knife.

4. What does Mama wrap Little Arliss' hands in when he is finned by a fish?
(a) A poultice of wet mud.
(b) A bandage of bear fat.
(c) A cloth with iodine.
(d) A poultice of prickly pear root.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Little Arliss' reaction to Old Yeller?

2. Why is Travis annoyed with Mama and Little Arliss?

3. What sound does Travis recognize that he has heard only once before?

4. How does Travis interpret the sounds of the old bull?

5. Where do Mama, Little Arliss, and Travis sit to see the bull fight?

(see the answer key)

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