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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Mama, Little Arliss, and Travis sit to see the bull fight?
(a) At the cabin window.
(b) On the grassy knoll.
(c) On the cabin steps.
(d) On the split-rail fence.

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

3. What does Travis compare Little Arliss' screaming to?
(a) Hungry babies.
(b) Wild boars.
(c) Squealing pigs.
(d) Comanches scalping him.

4. What does Travis discover as he reaches the cabin?
(a) Arliss and the yeller dog are in the drinking water.
(b) Arliss and the yeller dog are sleeping in the hay.
(c) Arliss and the yeller dog are playing ball.
(d) Arliss and the yeller dog are sharing a piece of meat.

5. How does Travis interpret the sounds of the old bull?
(a) Travis says that the bull is bragging about being the biggest, toughest, and meanest.
(b) Travis says that the old bull is asking the younger bull to kill him.
(c) Travis says that the old bull is surrendering and willing to die.
(d) Travis says that the old bull is giving up his rights as leader.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the color of the two bulls?

2. What does Mama say about Old Yeller?

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

4. Why doesn't Travis want to shoot at a running deer?

5. What does Travis' father ask him to do while he is away?

(see the answer key)

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