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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How does Old Yeller react to the animal that comes into the yard?
(a) He crawls under Travis' bed.
(b) He whimpers.
(c) He snarls and his hackles stand up.
(d) He tries to crawl away.

3. What does the puppy look like that Lisbeth shows to Travis?
(a) He is yellow like Old Yeller.
(b) He is brown with white spots.
(c) He is gray with blue spots.
(d) He is dirty white and speckled with blue spots.

4. What do the hogs do if a blizzard is on the way?
(a) They go into caves in the side of the hill.
(b) They pack leaves and dry grass into a thicket or cave and sleep in it.
(c) They head back to the barn.
(d) They stand in the snow until someone leads them home.

5. Why is Travis glad that he missed a bunch of pigs back at bat cave country?
(a) He gets to hunt pigs rather than gather corn.
(b) Lisbeth will be impressed with his bravery.
(c) It teaches him to be more of a man.
(d) He gets to spend time away from Little Arliss.

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

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

8. Why does Bud Searcy leave Lisbeth behind with Mama?
(a) He leaves her to take care of Old Yeller.
(b) He leaves her because she isn't much help to him.
(c) He leaves her because she is annoying him.
(d) He leaves her to help Mama while Travis is recuperating.

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

10. What does Old Yeller do when the wolves come around the cabin?
(a) He bays a warning to them to keep away.
(b) He cowers in the corner of the cabin.
(c) He groans and hides.
(d) He whimpers weakly.

11. What fills Travis with terror when he goes back to find Old Yeller?
(a) Old Yeller's leg is broken.
(b) Old Yeller's ear is bitten off.
(c) Old Yeller's belly is split open and his insides are bulging out.
(d) Old Yeller is unconscious.

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

13. What does Travis have to do to the hogs to be able to tell them apart from the neighbor's hogs?
(a) He cuts their tails.
(b) He has to catch them and mark them.
(c) He brands them.
(d) He tattoos their ears.

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

15. What prevents the animal sick with hydrophobia from getting Mama?
(a) It goes after Old Yeller instead.
(b) It runs into a tree.
(c) It falls in a hole.
(d) It falls to its knees.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Travis shoot the loafer wolf?

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

3. What do Mama and Travis do when Jumper is unable to move the dead animal?

4. What are the marks that Travis makes on the hogs?

5. What will the hogs do if they catch up to someone?

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