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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mama tell Little Arliss to do as she is about to remove Old Yeller's bandage?
(a) She tells Arliss to go catch her a green-striped lizard.
(b) She tells Arliss to wait over by Jumper.
(c) She tells Arliss to go play at the river.
(d) She tells Arliss to catch her a big frog for dinner.

2. What does Travis' mother instruct him to do while he is doing his chores?
(a) He is to recite his numbers 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 say his prayers while he works.

3. What is the first thing Travis does when he reaches the Salt Licks?
(a) He checks for deer prints in the mud.
(b) He determines which way the wind is blowing.
(c) He sits with the wind blowing across his back.
(d) He climbs a tree and watches for deer.

4. What lives in one of Travis' favorite places, down in a deep canyon which is bent in the shape of a horseshoe?
(a) Hundreds of snakes, laying their eggs.
(b) Hundreds of long-shanked herons.
(c) Hundreds of sharp-winged swallows.
(d) Hundreds of prairie dogs.

5. What does Mama make Arliss take out of his pockets before he goes to bed?
(a) Grasshoppers, worms, bugs, and lizards.
(b) His tree frog.
(c) His pennies.
(d) His rock collection.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Travis finally shoot the turkey that he wounded in the pea garden?

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

3. Who does Lisbeth say she saw stealing from the settlement?

4. What does Sanderson tell Travis about the plague of hydrophobia?

5. Why does the mother bear come running to attack Little Arliss?

(see the answer key)

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