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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Travis think about Searcy's granddaughter, Lisbeth?
(a) Travis thinks she is strange.
(b) Travis thinks she is annoying.
(c) Travis likes her because she is different than most girls.
(d) Travis thinks she is bossy.

3. Why doesn't Travis want to shoot a javelina hog?
(a) They are no good for eating.
(b) They are not big enough to feed the family.
(c) When one javelina hog gets shot, the whole bunch will attack.
(d) He thinks they are funny little creatures.

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

5. Why had Papa cleared out all the brush and trees from around the cabin?
(a) He cleared the brush to cut down on the bugs.
(b) He cleared the brush so Mama could plant roses.
(c) He cleared the brush to get a clear shot at Comanches and Apaches.
(d) He cleared the brush in case of a fire.

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

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

8. What does Old Yeller do when he hears the bulls start to fight?
(a) He hides behind Arliss.
(b) He charges at them, trying to chase them away.
(c) He cowers in the corner of the cabin.
(d) He runs away into the hills.

9. 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 storm cellar.
(b) He builds a cage to keep Old Yeller in.
(c) He locks Old Yeller in the corncrib.
(d) Old Yeller sleeps with Travis and Little Arliss.

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

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

12. Why do the hogs, cattle, and wild animals come to the Salt Licks?
(a) They drink from the pond that is there.
(b) They eat the berries growing there.
(c) It has thick brambles where the animals hide.
(d) They lick the salt.

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

14. Who does Lisbeth say she saw stealing from the settlement?
(a) A bobcat.
(b) Old Yeller.
(c) A coyote.
(d) Rosal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of man is Burn Sanderson?

2. What changes Travis' mind about keeping the yeller dog as he rides to the cabin?

3. Who named Birdsong Creek?

4. What does Mama prepare for supper after Old Yeller arrives?

5. Why is it hard for a dog to fight with a boar coon?

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