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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) His rifle isn't accurate enough to make the shot.
(d) He is afraid that he will only wound it.

2. What does Travis do to Jumper when he decides he doesn't want to plow anymore?
(a) He kicks Jumper in the rump.
(b) He hits Jumper across the jaw with a club.
(c) He lures Jumper back to the field with an apple.
(d) He pulls Jumper by the reins.

3. 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 knows Arliss really wants the dog.
(c) He feels sorry for the starving yeller dog.
(d) He feels proud of himself and figures he can put up with the dog.

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

5. What is a strange varmit stealing from the people in the settlement?
(a) Flour and eggs.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Meat, eggs, and cornbread.
(d) Sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Travis do to try and drive the bulls away from the cabin?

2. How does Travis' dog, Bell, die?

3. What does Arliss start catching after Old Yeller arrives?

4. How does Travis know that Little Arliss is in trouble?

5. What sound does Travis recognize that he has heard only once before?

(see the answer key)

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