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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are all Texans short of now that the Civil War is over?
(a) Ranch hands.
(b) Cash.
(c) Food.
(d) Livestock.

3. What does Travis think about Old Yeller?
(a) He thinks the dog is a purebred.
(b) He thinks the dog is vicious.
(c) He thinks the dog is stupid.
(d) He thinks the dog is smart but he doesn't want him.

4. 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 pulls Jumper by the reins.
(c) He kicks Jumper in the rump.
(d) He hits Jumper across the jaw with a club.

5. What changes Travis' mind about keeping the yeller dog as he rides to the cabin?
(a) He knows Arliss really wants the dog.
(b) He likes the yeller dog after all.
(c) He feels sorry for the starving yeller dog.
(d) He feels proud of himself and figures he can put up with the dog.

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

7. Why is Travis annoyed with Mama and Little Arliss?
(a) He is annoyed because Little Arliss is never punished.
(b) He is annoyed that Mama spends all her time with Little Arliss.
(c) He is annoyed because Mama lets Little Arliss lie about the things he does.
(d) He is annoyed that Mama babies Little Arliss.

8. Why does Little Arliss want to keep Old Yeller?
(a) He's never had a dog of his own.
(b) He wants to teach the dog to hunt rabbits.
(c) He wants a dog to protect him from Travis.
(d) He wants a dog to sleep with.

9. When does Travis begin to love Old Yeller?
(a) He begins to love the dog when Arliss asks him to.
(b) He begins to love the dog when the dog gets sick.
(c) He begins to love the dog when the dog crawls into his bed.
(d) He begins to love the dog after the bear attack.

10. Who comes to the cabin two weeks after the milking incident?
(a) A man comes to claim Old Yeller.
(b) Jed Simpson.
(c) Lisbeth.
(d) Bud Searcy.

11. What does Mama ask Travis to do after he milks the cows?
(a) Get Little Arliss ready for bed.
(b) Read the Bible.
(c) Kill a doe for meat.
(d) Feed the dog.

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

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

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

15. 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) They lick the salt.
(d) It has thick brambles where the animals hide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Travis notice about Old Yeller when he first sees the dog?

2. Why doesn't Searcy go into the house when Mama invites him?

3. What is a strange varmit stealing from the people in the settlement?

4. What does Travis discover when he opens the dog run door where the meat is stored?

5. How does Travis show his love for Old Yeller?

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