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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Mama use to give water to Old Yeller?
(a) Her hat.
(b) Travis' hat.
(c) A cowhide sack.
(d) Her purse.

4. What animal comes into the yard staggering, grunting, and moaning?
(a) A bull.
(b) A coyote.
(c) A fox.
(d) A wolf.

5. What condition is Travis in when he returns home after shooting Spot?
(a) He is weak, sweating, and trembling.
(b) He feels stronger than he has in a long time.
(c) He is sad and upset.
(d) He is angry that Spot got hydrophobia.

6. What does Old Yeller do while Mama stitches his wound?
(a) He passes out.
(b) He just lays there and licks Travis' hand.
(c) He thrashes about and Travis has to hold him down.
(d) He growls and bares his teeth.

7. What lures wolves to the cabin?
(a) Mama cooking meat on the stove.
(b) The sounds of humans.
(c) The scent of dead meat.
(d) The scent of blood from Old Yeller.

8. Why doesn't Mama want the buzzards to eat the dead animal?
(a) The meat will be good for the hogs.
(b) It might spread the disease.
(c) They can eat the meat themselves.
(d) The meat will be good for Old Yeller and the puppy.

9. What type of hog hangs out with the sows to protect them?
(a) Boar.
(b) Bar' hogs.
(c) Range hogs.
(d) Shoats.

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

11. Why is Travis angry that Bud Searcy comes to visit?
(a) He tries to get on Mama's good side while Papa is away.
(b) He always insults Old Yeller.
(c) He is a bother to Mama.
(d) He always yells at Little Arliss.

12. Why does Mama decide that the Spot heifer must be killed?
(a) Old Yeller needs the meat to get well.
(b) It is no good for milking.
(c) It will provide them with enough meat for the winter.
(d) It has hydrophobia.

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

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

15. What does Travis decide is a good place to shoot Spot?
(a) A mud pool.
(b) The bottom of a gorge.
(c) A dry, sandy wash.
(d) Near the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Travis excited about Papa bringing home for him?

2. Why does Travis hate gathering corn?

3. How do Travis and Old Yeller feel for a couple of weeks after the hog attack?

4. Why is Travis glad that he missed a bunch of pigs back at bat cave country?

5. How do the pigs react when Old Yeller and Travis find them?

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