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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 leads Jumper while Old Yeller is pulled behind the mule.
(c) He helps drag the cowhide that Old Yeller is resting on.
(d) He rides on Jumper and holds Old Yeller in his lap.

2. What does Travis do while Mama, Lisbeth, and Old Yeller go to burn Spot?
(a) He reads a book to Arliss.
(b) He stays at home with Little Arliss.
(c) He teaches Arliss how to shoot.
(d) He cooks supper for everyone.

3. What does Mama tell Little Arliss to do as she is about to remove Old Yeller's bandage?
(a) She tells Arliss to go play at the river.
(b) She tells Arliss to wait over by Jumper.
(c) She tells Arliss to catch her a big frog for dinner.
(d) She tells Arliss to go catch her a green-striped lizard.

4. Why does Travis keep a piece of ear from every marked pig hanging in the corn crib?
(a) He keeps the ears to show Papa when he comes home.
(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 as trophies.

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

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

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

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

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

11. Why isn't Travis excited about the puppy that Lisbeth gives to him?
(a) He wants a horse instead.
(b) He doesn't want a puppy because he has Old Yeller.
(c) He wants a purebred dog instead.
(d) He doesn't want the trouble of another dog.

12. What do Mama and Travis do when Jumper is unable to move the dead animal?
(a) They burn it where it lays.
(b) They cover it with a pile of stones.
(c) They pour turpentine over it, hoping to kill the disease.
(d) They bury it on the spot it was killed.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Papa bring home with him?

2. What do the hogs do if a blizzard is on the way?

3. Why is Travis terrified when he sees Old Yeller fighting a mad loafer wolf?

4. When does Travis shoot the loafer wolf?

5. What does Old Yeller do when the wolves come around the cabin?

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