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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 sharp-winged swallows.
(b) Hundreds of long-shanked herons.
(c) Hundreds of prairie dogs.
(d) Hundreds of snakes, laying their eggs.

2. What does Sanderson tell Travis about the plague of hydrophobia?
(a) Sanderson tells Travis that he shot two wolves, a fox, and one skunk that had it.
(b) Sanderson tells Travis that he shot two fox that had it.
(c) Sanderson tells Travis that he shot two dogs that had it.
(d) Sanderson tells Travis that he shot two coons that had it.

3. What does Mama make with lye water and hog fat?
(a) Antiseptic cream.
(b) Poultice.
(c) Soap.
(d) Bug repellant.

4. How does Travis get Spot to settle down so he can milk her?
(a) He ties her head and feet.
(b) He puts her into a narrow pen.
(c) He blindfolds her.
(d) He has Old Yeller stand near her.

5. How does Travis finally shoot the turkey that he wounded in the pea garden?
(a) The turkey is slow because it is wounded and Travis is able to shoot it.
(b) Old Yeller tracks down the turkey and trees it, so Travis can shoot it.
(c) Little Arliss throws a stone at the turkey, knocking it down and Travis shoots it.
(d) The turkey runs in circles in the peas and Travis shoots it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of man is Burn Sanderson?

2. What is the trouble that Travis thinks is too big for any of them to handle?

3. What news does Searcy bring to Travis, Little Arliss, and Mama?

4. What does Papa compare training the mind to handle fear with?

5. Why does Travis keep a piece of ear from every marked pig hanging in the corn crib?

(see the answer key)

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