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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does Sanderson give to Travis about when to shoot an animal with hydrophobia?
(a) Shoot the animal after it tries to bite.
(b) Shoot any animal he comes across until the hydrophobia is gone.
(c) Shoot only wild animals, not pets.
(d) Shoot anything that is acting unnatural.

2. What are the best times to go to the Salt Licks to hunt?
(a) Mid-afternoon and sunset.
(b) Early morning and mid-afternoon.
(c) Early morning and late evening.
(d) Mid-afternoon and late evening.

3. What is the first suggestion Sanderson gives to Mama about keeping Old Yeller?
(a) He suggests that the dog stays with them until Papa comes back.
(b) He suggests that she pay him with the milk cow to keep Old Yeller.
(c) He suggests that she take the boys inside while he grabs Old Yeller.
(d) He offers to give her a puppy instead of Old Yeller.

4. What is Little Arliss' reaction when they get back to the cabin?
(a) He is angry at the bear.
(b) He is angry that Travis pulled the cub away.
(c) He is shaking all over and clinging to Mama.
(d) He passes out from fear.

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

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

7. What does Travis do as the doe keeps approaching him?
(a) He backs up.
(b) He raises his gun and shoots.
(c) He falls out of the tree.
(d) He raises his gun but doesn't shoot.

8. What is the color of the two bulls?
(a) One of the bulls is a red roan and the other is black.
(b) One of the bulls is a mustard color and the other is black.
(c) One of the bulls is a mustard color and the other is a red roan.
(d) One of the bulls is black and the other is gray with spots.

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

10. How does Travis react to the news about hydrophobia?
(a) He is scared and mixed up about the danger.
(b) He thinks Sanderson is overreacting.
(c) He doesn't think it is anything to be concerned about.
(d) He thinks Sanderson is lying about it.

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

12. What does Mama wrap Little Arliss' hands in when he is finned by a fish?
(a) A bandage of bear fat.
(b) A cloth with iodine.
(c) A poultice of prickly pear root.
(d) A poultice of wet mud.

13. Why does Sanderson get off his horse and approach Little Arliss?
(a) He asks Little Arliss if he wants to keep the dog.
(b) He slaps Little Arliss for his temper tantrum.
(c) He asks Little Arliss if he wants a puppy instead.
(d) He tells Little Arliss he is acting like a baby.

14. How many cows does Travis have to milk to get enough for the family?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five or six.
(d) One.

15. How does the bull fight finally end?
(a) Travis shoots at them.
(b) The bulls give up and stagger away with their wounds.
(c) One of the bulls falls in the cart and it rolls down the hill.
(d) The old bull is killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Travis concerned about being the man of the family?

2. Why is Travis' father leaving the family for months?

3. How does Travis' family come to get Old Yeller?

4. What are the symptoms of hydrophobia?

5. What does Mama ask Travis to do after he milks the cows?

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