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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What is the solution Travis comes up with that finally keeps Old Yeller at home during the night?
(a) He locks Old Yeller in the corncrib.
(b) He locks Old Yeller in the storm cellar.
(c) Old Yeller sleeps with Travis and Little Arliss.
(d) He builds a cage to keep Old Yeller in.

3. What news does Lisbeth tell Travis about her dog, Miss Prissy?
(a) Miss Prissy won first prize in at the fair.
(b) Miss Prissy is a purebread fox hound.
(c) Miss Prissy is sick and dying.
(d) Miss Prissy is going to have Old Yeller's puppies.

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

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 Travis compare Little Arliss' screaming to?
(a) Comanches scalping him.
(b) Hungry babies.
(c) Wild boars.
(d) Squealing pigs.

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

8. What sound does Travis recognize that he has heard only once before?
(a) The wild snarl of a mountain lion.
(b) The coughing roar of a charging bear.
(c) The whimpering of a bear cub.
(d) The sound of a dog dying.

9. How does Travis react to the pending bull fight?
(a) He is excited and wants to see it.
(b) He can't watch because it sickens him.
(c) He feels bad for the bulls.
(d) He blocks his ears from the sound of the bulls.

10. When does Travis realize how badly he needs a dog?
(a) When Old Yeller follows him everywhere he goes.
(b) When he and Old Yeller are hunting together.
(c) When his spotted heifer has her first calf.
(d) When Old Yeller licks him on the face.

11. 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 offers to give her a puppy instead of Old Yeller.
(d) He suggests that she take the boys inside while he grabs Old Yeller.

12. What does Travis think about as he and Old Yeller lie out under the stars?
(a) He thinks about what a wonderful dog Old Yeller is.
(b) He wonders if his father can see the same stars in Kansas.
(c) He thinks about the day when he will have a ranch of his own.
(d) He thinks about how lucky he is to have a brother like Little Arliss.

13. Who named Birdsong Creek?
(a) Papa.
(b) Little Arliss.
(c) Mama.
(d) The settlers.

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

15. What does Mama make with lye water and hog fat?
(a) Poultice.
(b) Antiseptic cream.
(c) Soap.
(d) Bug repellant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Travis get Spot to settle down so he can milk her?

3. What warns the doe that Travis is nearby?

4. Why does Travis run off when the trade is made between Arliss and Sanderson?

5. What does Old Yeller do when Travis sic's him on the bulls?

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