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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mama say when Travis gets home and tells her about Old Yeller?
(a) She tells Travis that Old Yeller is probably dead already.
(b) She tells Travis that they will have to wait until the next day to go back to Old Yeller.
(c) She tells Travis they can't go to Old Yeller until Travis' wound is cleaned up.
(d) She tells Travis that they will leave right away to go back to Old Yeller.

2. What does Little Arliss do to help get Old Yeller home?
(a) He leads Jumper while Old Yeller is pulled behind the mule.
(b) He rides on Jumper and holds Old Yeller in his lap.
(c) He helps drag the cowhide that Old Yeller is resting on.
(d) He rides on the cowhide with the dog and holds Old Yeller's head in his lap.

3. What is the hog's favorite food?
(a) Wild black persimmons.
(b) Berries.
(c) A baby fawn.
(d) Acorns.

4. How does Old Yeller get into the fight with the loafer wolf?
(a) The wolf attacks Old Yeller while he is getting a drink.
(b) Old Yeller tracks the wolf and catches up with him.
(c) The wolf attacks Jumper and Old Yeller jumps him.
(d) The wolf goes after Mama when she stops for water.

5. What is the condition of Travis' wound by the time they arrive home?
(a) It is stiff but the swelling is down.
(b) It feels a lot better.
(c) It is swollen but not stiff.
(d) It is stiff, swollen, and numb.

6. Why can't Travis sleep on the night that Sanderson tells him about hydrophobia?
(a) Travis has nightmares about mad dogs and wolves.
(b) Travis stays awake praying for Papa to come home.
(c) Travis watches over Arliss and Mama.
(d) Travis stays awake watching for mad animals.

7. Why does Travis keep a piece of ear from every marked pig hanging in the corn crib?
(a) He keeps the ears as trophies.
(b) He keeps the ears to make a necklace.
(c) He keeps the ears so he can get an accurate count of how many pigs there are.
(d) He keeps the ears to show Papa when he comes home.

8. How does Mama sew up Old Yeller's wound?
(a) She uses a hair from Jumper's tail.
(b) She uses a thread pulled from her dress.
(c) She uses a piece of rawhide.
(d) She brought her thread with her.

9. What does Mama use as a poultice for Travis' wound?
(a) Flour and vinegar.
(b) Bear fat.
(c) Turpentine and mud.
(d) Prickly-pear roots.

10. What is Travis excited about Papa bringing home for him?
(a) A Bowie knife.
(b) A new saddle.
(c) A new rifle.
(d) A horse.

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

12. When do the hogs become the most vicious?
(a) When they get old.
(b) When they are two years old.
(c) When being chased.
(d) When cornered.

13. How does Travis feel when Lisbeth and Little Arliss walk past his door?
(a) He wants her to go home.
(b) He is still mad at her.
(c) He wants to go out and yell at her some more.
(d) He feels sorry and mean for hurting her feelings.

14. When does Travis shoot the loafer wolf?
(a) He shoots the wolf when it backs away from Old Yeller.
(b) He shoots the wolf when it leaps at him.
(c) He shoots the wolf when it is pinned by Old Yeller.
(d) He shoots the wolf when it is on top of Old Yeller.

15. What did Travis see on the face of a cliff at Salt Branch that impressed him?
(a) Holes left by meteors.
(b) Sharp-winged swallows had build nests on the face of the cliff that looked like honeycombs.
(c) A shape in the cliff that looked like a man.
(d) Cave men drawings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama tell Little Arliss to do as she is about to remove Old Yeller's bandage?

2. What does Mama use to give water to Old Yeller?

3. What game were Little Arliss and the puppy playing?

4. What does Travis have to do to the hogs to be able to tell them apart from the neighbor's hogs?

5. Why does Bud Searcy leave Lisbeth behind with Mama?

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