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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Travis' father leaving the family for months?
(a) He is going East to care for his dying mother.
(b) He is going East to school.
(c) He is driving cattle to Abilene.
(d) He is working as a field hand in Abilene.

2. What lives in one of Travis' favorite places, down in a deep canyon which is bent in the shape of a horseshoe?
(a) Hundreds of prairie dogs.
(b) Hundreds of long-shanked herons.
(c) Hundreds of snakes, laying their eggs.
(d) Hundreds of sharp-winged swallows.

3. What is Old Yeller's reaction when he is sprayed by a skunk?
(a) It doesn't seem to bother him.
(b) He digs a deep hole and lays in it.
(c) He snorts, drools, and vomits.
(d) He rolls in the dirt, and then jumps in the pond.

4. What does Travis do to the hydrophobia stricken animal?
(a) He cuts its throat.
(b) He shoots it between the eyes.
(c) He drags it to the river.
(d) He pushes it into a ravine.

5. What does Mama tell Little Arliss to do as she is about to remove Old Yeller's bandage?
(a) She tells Arliss to wait over by Jumper.
(b) She tells Arliss to catch her a big frog for dinner.
(c) She tells Arliss to go catch her a green-striped lizard.
(d) She tells Arliss to go play at the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Old Yeller react to the animal that comes into the yard?

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

3. What is the trouble that Travis thinks is too big for any of them to handle?

4. How bad is the wound inflicted on Travis by the hogs?

5. What animal comes into the yard staggering, grunting, and moaning?

(see the answer key)

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