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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disease does Bud Searcy hope does not spread throughout the settlement before the men get back?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Small Pox.
(c) Typhus.
(d) Hydrophobia.

2. What changes Travis' mind about keeping the yeller dog as he rides to the cabin?
(a) He likes the yeller dog after all.
(b) He feels sorry for the starving yeller dog.
(c) He feels proud of himself and figures he can put up with the dog.
(d) He knows Arliss really wants the dog.

3. How does Travis show his love for Old Yeller?
(a) He brings Old Yeller for long walks.
(b) He brushes the dog every day.
(c) He bathes him, pulls thorns from his paw, burns ticks off, and lets him sleep with him.
(d) He gives Old Yeller his share of the meat.

4. What sound does Travis recognize that he has heard only once before?
(a) The sound of a dog dying.
(b) The coughing roar of a charging bear.
(c) The whimpering of a bear cub.
(d) The wild snarl of a mountain lion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Travis take Jumper close to the Salt Licks where he goes to hunt deer?

2. How does the first bull become wounded in the fight?

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

4. What does Travis decide to do about Old Yeller?

5. What does Travis think about Old Yeller?

(see the answer key)

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