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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Little Arliss cry when his father goes away?
(a) He wants to go too.
(b) He will miss his father.
(c) He just got stung by a bee.
(d) He doesn't want to stay with his mother.

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

3. Why doesn't Travis want to shoot at a running deer?
(a) He is afraid that he will only wound it.
(b) His rifle isn't accurate enough to make the shot.
(c) He doesn't want to scare the animals into a stampede.
(d) He knows he can't make the shot.

4. How does the bull fight finally end?
(a) One of the bulls falls in the cart and it rolls down the hill.
(b) Travis shoots at them.
(c) The old bull is killed.
(d) The bulls give up and stagger away with their wounds.

5. What does Travis' father ask him to do while he is away?
(a) He asks Travis to take care of the family and act like a man.
(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 fetch a neighbor to help the family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the hogs, cattle, and wild animals come to the Salt Licks?

2. What does Mama make with lye water and hog fat?

3. What does Mama prepare for supper after Old Yeller arrives?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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