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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Travis sickened when he looks at Spot?
(a) He sees that a wound on her side is covered in maggots.
(b) She is vomiting constantly.
(c) He knows that he has to shoot her.
(d) She is starving and looks like a skeleton.

3. How does Lisbeth feel about Travis' reaction to the puppy?
(a) She slaps him.
(b) Her feelings are hurt.
(c) She tells him that he is rude.
(d) She doesn't care.

4. How do the pigs react when Old Yeller and Travis find them?
(a) They turn and try to run away.
(b) They charge at them.
(c) They roar and pop their teeth.
(d) They back up into a corner.

5. How does Travis hide Old Yeller while he runs home to get help?
(a) Travis covers him with branches.
(b) Travis pushes him under an overhanging rock and covers the opening with a mesquite stump.
(c) Travis digs a hole and places Old Yeller in it.
(d) Travis pushes him into a cave.

6. What does Travis see that makes him think Old Yeller is dead?
(a) Buzzards circling and diving above the spot where Old Yeller is hidden
(b) He sees a large puddle of blood around the spot where Old Yeller is hidden.
(c) He sees a sees a hog sniffing around the spot where Old Yeller is hidden.
(d) Flies are hovering over the spot where Old Yeller is hidden.

7. How does Travis feel about his new horse?
(a) He hates it.
(b) He doesn't care about it.
(c) He doesn't want it.
(d) He so excited that he forgets about Old Yeller.

8. How does Travis feel about marking the hogs?
(a) He is afraid but knows he has to do it.
(b) He is terrified and tries to find a way out of it.
(c) He thinks it's a tedious job.
(d) He is looking forward to it.

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

10. How does Travis know that he is near the hogs?
(a) He sees and eagle circling.
(b) He hears Old Yeller baying.
(c) He sees a cougar watching from a high cliff.
(d) He hears the hogs squealing.

11. 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.

12. Why does Travis hate gathering corn?
(a) It is woman's work.
(b) It is a child's job.
(c) It is boring work.
(d) It is hot work and the corn shucks sting and makes the skin itch.

13. What do Travis and Mama first think Spot ate?
(a) Pea vine.
(b) Rotten sweet potatoes.
(c) Loco weed.
(d) Prickly pears.

14. What does Old Yeller do when Travis reaches for him?
(a) Old Yeller lunges at him with bared fangs.
(b) Old Yeller licks his hand.
(c) Old Yeller whimpers in pain.
(d) Old Yeller loses consciousness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Travis propose getting Old Yeller home?

2. What does Mama say about Lisbeth staying with her?

3. What prevents the animal sick with hydrophobia from getting Mama?

4. How bad is the wound inflicted on Travis by the hogs?

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

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