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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Travis doing when he hears Little Arliss screaming?
(a) He is splitting logs.
(b) He is hanging the meat.
(c) He is fishing.
(d) He is hunting.

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

3. What does Travis' mother instruct him to do while he is doing his chores?
(a) He is to say his prayers while he works.
(b) He is to recite his numbers while he works.
(c) He is to recite his Latin verbs while he works.
(d) He is to think about Little Arliss and the dog.

4. What is Old Yeller's reaction to the bear attack once they are all back in the cabin?
(a) He is trembling in the corner.
(b) He acts like the bear attack was great fun.
(c) He is licking Little Arliss.
(d) He is crying with pain.

5. How does Travis' dog, Bell, die?
(a) The dog dies of old age.
(b) The dog is bitten by a rattle snake.
(c) The dog is mauled by a bear.
(d) The dog falls into a raging river.

6. What does Travis decide to do about Old Yeller?
(a) Find a way to get rid of him.
(b) Make friends with him.
(c) Obedience train him.
(d) Teach him to hunt.

7. What type of dogs do most of the settlers own?
(a) Pure bred Blood Hounds.
(b) Small, quick terriers.
(c) Big, fierce cur dogs.
(d) Pure bred Coon Hounds.

8. Why doesn't Searcy go into the house when Mama invites him?
(a) He says that the house smell like the old dog.
(b) He says that he would rather sit in the dog run.
(c) He says that he doesn't feel at ease in the house.
(d) He says that he didn't come for a social call.

9. What is the first thing Travis does when he reaches the Salt Licks?
(a) He climbs a tree and watches for deer.
(b) He checks for deer prints in the mud.
(c) He sits with the wind blowing across his back.
(d) He determines which way the wind is blowing.

10. What is the trade that Sanderson and Little Arliss agree upon?
(a) Sanderson gives Old Yeller to Arliss for a home cooked meal.
(b) Sanderson gives Old Yeller to Arliss for the mule, Jumper.
(c) Sanderson gives Old Yeller to Arliss for a pair of Papa's boots.
(d) Sanderson gives Old Yeller to Arliss for a sack of corn meal.

11. Why does Little Arliss cry when his father goes away?
(a) He wants to go too.
(b) He doesn't want to stay with his mother.
(c) He will miss his father.
(d) He just got stung by a bee.

12. What is Mama's reaction to Sanderson's first suggestion?
(a) She is insulted by the suggestion.
(b) She refuses.
(c) She is angry.
(d) She accepts it.

13. What is Little Arliss' reaction to Old Yeller?
(a) He feeds the dog his breakfast.
(b) He falls on the dog and pets him.
(c) He yells at the dog to go away.
(d) He is afraid of the dog.

14. Why can't Travis take Jumper close to the Salt Licks where he goes to hunt deer?
(a) Jumper will be attacked by a bear.
(b) It is too much of a rocky climb.
(c) Jumper is too old to go that far.
(d) Jumper is afraid of gunfire and he will scare away the game.

15. What does Mama prepare for supper after Old Yeller arrives?
(a) Beef stew.
(b) Corn meal mush.
(c) Hotcakes and honey.
(d) Buttermilk biscuits.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What news does Searcy bring to Travis, Little Arliss, and Mama?

3. What is the first suggestion Sanderson gives to Mama about keeping Old Yeller?

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

5. Who does Lisbeth say she saw stealing from the settlement?

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