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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Travis concerned about being the man of the family?
(a) He is afraid to take on the responsibility.
(b) He just wants to be a boy.
(c) He is concerned because no one listens to what he says or thinks.
(d) He doesn't feel confident enough.

2. What warns the doe that Travis is nearby?
(a) He stretches out his leg.
(b) He laughs at a squirrel.
(c) He sneezes.
(d) He scratches his ear.

3. What does Travis notice about Old Yeller when he first sees the dog?
(a) The dog is starving.
(b) The dog is fat.
(c) The dog is lame.
(d) The dog is injured.

4. What does Mama say about Old Yeller?
(a) She says that the dog is sick.
(b) She says that the dog can stay.
(c) She says that the dog needs some food.
(d) She says that the dog has to go.

5. Why do the hogs, cattle, and wild animals come to the Salt Licks?
(a) They eat the berries growing there.
(b) It has thick brambles where the animals hide.
(c) They lick the salt.
(d) They drink from the pond that is there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Travis' father leaving the family for months?

2. What is the first thing Travis does when he reaches the Salt Licks?

3. What changes Travis' mind about keeping the yeller dog as he rides to the cabin?

4. What does Travis do as the doe keeps approaching him?

5. How does Travis' family come to get Old Yeller?

(see the answer key)

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