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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mama make Arliss take out of his pockets before he goes to bed?
(a) His tree frog.
(b) His pennies.
(c) Grasshoppers, worms, bugs, and lizards.
(d) His rock collection.

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

3. What does Old Yeller do while Mama stitches his wound?
(a) He thrashes about and Travis has to hold him down.
(b) He passes out.
(c) He growls and bares his teeth.
(d) He just lays there and licks Travis' hand.

4. When do Mama, Travis, and Little Arliss finally make it home with Old Yeller?
(a) They get home before it gets dark.
(b) They get home just as it gets dark.
(c) They get home at midnight.
(d) They get home the next morning.

5. How does Travis know that Little Arliss is in trouble?
(a) Arliss is screaming about the yeller dog.
(b) Arliss is crying which he never usually does.
(c) Arliss is screaming for Travis which is unusual.
(d) Arliss' screams are loud, shrill, and frantic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens that makes Travis feel better for the first time since Old Yeller's death?

2. How does Old Yeller get into the fight with the loafer wolf?

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 Old Yeller react to the animal that comes into the yard?

5. What makes the hogs under Travis' limb go wild with anger.

(see the answer key)

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