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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the pigs react when Old Yeller and Travis find them?
(a) They charge at them.
(b) They turn and try to run away.
(c) They back up into a corner.
(d) They roar and pop their teeth.

2. Why is Bud Searcy left behind when all the men drive the cattle to Abilene?
(a) He is blind.
(b) He doesn't have a horse.
(c) He is shiftless.
(d) He has only one arm.

3. What does Travis think about Searcy's granddaughter, Lisbeth?
(a) Travis thinks she is strange.
(b) Travis thinks she is bossy.
(c) Travis likes her because she is different than most girls.
(d) Travis thinks she is annoying.

4. How does Old Yeller save Travis from the hogs?
(a) The hogs back away from the snarls of Old Yeller.
(b) He goes after them in a roaring rage.
(c) He drags Travis away from the hogs.
(d) He chases the hogs away from Travis.

5. What kind of man is Burn Sanderson?
(a) He is young, nice, and polite.
(b) He is rough and crude.
(c) He is young and rude.
(d) He is old and haggard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Travis think the new, spotted heifer calf will make a good milking cow?

2. When do Mama, Travis, and Little Arliss finally make it home with Old Yeller?

3. What lives in one of Travis' favorite places, down in a deep canyon which is bent in the shape of a horseshoe?

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

5. How does Mama sew up Old Yeller's wound?

(see the answer key)

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