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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do Mama, Travis, and Little Arliss finally make it home with Old Yeller?
(a) They get home the next morning.
(b) They get home just as it gets dark.
(c) They get home before it gets dark.
(d) They get home at midnight.

2. When does Travis become uneasy about why Mama and Lisbeth haven't returned home?
(a) When darkness came.
(b) At midnight.
(c) At suppertime.
(d) At daybreak.

3. How bad is the wound inflicted on Travis by the hogs?
(a) It is a clean gash but not bleeding much.
(b) It is long but not too deep.
(c) He is cut to the bone.
(d) It is only a scratch.

4. What are the marks that Travis makes on the hogs?
(a) Crop and overbit.
(b) Underslope and overbit.
(c) Crop and underslope.
(d) Crop and underbit.

5. How does Travis propose getting Old Yeller home?
(a) Travis says that they can drag Old Yeller in a blanket.
(b) Travis says they can put Old Yeller in a cart.
(c) Travis says that he will hold Old Yeller while riding on Jumper.
(d) Travis says that Mama can hold Old Yeller while riding on Jumper.

6. Where does Travis' family keep their hogs and cattle?
(a) They keep them in a fenced pasture.
(b) They are loose on the range.
(c) They keep then in a barn.
(d) They keep them in a lean to.

7. How does Travis feel after he shoots his dog?
(a) He cries all the time.
(b) He gets on with his life.
(c) He can't seem to get over it.
(d) He sleeps for days.

8. How does Old Yeller save Travis from the hogs?
(a) He chases the hogs away from Travis.
(b) He goes after them in a roaring rage.
(c) He drags Travis away from the hogs.
(d) The hogs back away from the snarls of Old Yeller.

9. Why is Mama so upset that Jumper is eating the corn?
(a) They need the corn to feed the cows.
(b) They need the corn to eat until winter comes.
(c) They won't have any corn meal for bread in the winter.
(d) The corn is for the sheep.

10. What makes the hogs under Travis' limb go wild with anger.
(a) The squealing and scent of blood.
(b) The sight of Travis hovering above them.
(c) Old Yeller nipping at their heals.
(d) Old Yeller pushing them into a ring.

11. How does Mama prevent Jumper from jumping into the corn field?
(a) She ties a large stone to his back leg.
(b) She ties a chunk of wood to his forefoot.
(c) She ties him to a tree.
(d) She ties his back legs together.

12. What lives in one of Travis' favorite places, down in a deep canyon which is bent in the shape of a horseshoe?
(a) Hundreds of prairie dogs.
(b) Hundreds of snakes, laying their eggs.
(c) Hundreds of sharp-winged swallows.
(d) Hundreds of long-shanked herons.

13. What does Papa tell Travis about what he had to do to Old Yeller?
(a) Papa says that Travis needs to toughen up.
(b) Papa says that life is cruel and unfair sometimes.
(c) Papa says that Travis needs to stop being a cry baby.
(d) Papa says that Travis needs to forget about Old Yeller.

14. What does Travis see Mama, Little Arliss, and Lisbeth doing after they gather the corn?
(a) They are grumpy.
(b) They are scratching their skin.
(c) They are laughing and having a good time.
(d) They are complaining about the corn shucks.

15. What is the trouble that Travis thinks is too big for any of them to handle?
(a) The Spot heifer is injured.
(b) The Spot heifer comes home acting crazy and ignores her calf.
(c) There is a bear in the corn.
(d) The chickens have gone wild.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the condition of Travis' wound by the time they arrive home?

2. What condition is Travis in when he returns home after shooting Spot?

3. What is the hog's favorite food?

4. What do Travis and Mama first think Spot ate?

5. What does Lisbeth do while she stays with Travis and his family?

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