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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Travis discover as he reaches the cabin?
(a) Arliss and the yeller dog are playing ball.
(b) Arliss and the yeller dog are sharing a piece of meat.
(c) Arliss and the yeller dog are in the drinking water.
(d) Arliss and the yeller dog are sleeping in the hay.

3. 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 how lucky he is to have a brother like Little Arliss.
(d) He thinks about the day when he will have a ranch of his own.

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

5. What does Travis discover when he opens the dog run door where the meat is stored?
(a) The meat is gone.
(b) Little Arliss is hanging from the meat.
(c) The meat is rotten.
(d) A wolf is eating the meat.

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

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

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

9. What does Arliss start catching after Old Yeller arrives?
(a) Copperhead snakes.
(b) Possum and skunks.
(c) Rabbits, moles, and mice.
(d) Rabbits, birds, possum, and other small game.

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

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

12. Who saves Little Arliss from the attacking bear?
(a) Mama.
(b) Travis.
(c) Old Yeller.
(d) Papa.

13. Where do Mama, Little Arliss, and Travis sit to see the bull fight?
(a) On the split-rail fence.
(b) On the grassy knoll.
(c) On the cabin steps.
(d) At the cabin window.

14. What is a strange varmit stealing from the people in the settlement?
(a) Flour and eggs.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Meat, eggs, and cornbread.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are all Texans short of now that the Civil War is over?

2. Why is Bud Searcy left behind when all the men drive the cattle to Abilene?

3. What does Mama make Arliss take out of his pockets before he goes to bed?

4. How does Travis finally shoot the turkey that he wounded in the pea garden?

5. Why doesn't Travis want to shoot a javelina hog?

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