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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 injured.
(d) The dog is lame.

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

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

4. How does Travis react to the pending bull fight?
(a) He can't watch because it sickens him.
(b) He feels bad for the bulls.
(c) He blocks his ears from the sound of the bulls.
(d) He is excited and wants to see it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Travis concerned about being the man of the family?

2. Why does Little Arliss cry when his father goes away?

3. What does Old Yeller do when Travis sic's him on the bulls?

4. What do the Mexicans call a bull with a horn that hangs down past his jaw?

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

(see the answer key)

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