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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the first bull become wounded in the fight?
(a) The first bull has his horn ripped out.
(b) The first bull is gored in the hip.
(c) The first bull is slammed by the other bull's horn in the shoulder.
(d) The first bull is slammed in the ribs.

3. What type of dogs do most of the settlers own?
(a) Pure bred Coon Hounds.
(b) Pure bred Blood Hounds.
(c) Big, fierce cur dogs.
(d) Small, quick terriers.

4. How does Travis' family come to get Old Yeller?
(a) The dog wanders to their cabin.
(b) A friend gives the dog as a gift.
(c) They buy him from a neighbor.
(d) They win the dog at the country fair.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound do the bulls make that are looking for a fight outside the family's cabin?

2. What does Arliss do when Travis yells at him?

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

4. What are all Texans short of now that the Civil War is over?

5. What does Travis discover when he opens the dog run door where the meat is stored?

(see the answer key)

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