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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Little Arliss do to help get Old Yeller home?
(a) He rides on Jumper and holds Old Yeller 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 the cowhide with the dog and holds Old Yeller's head in his lap.

6. 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 go catch her a green-striped lizard.
(c) She tells Arliss to wait over by Jumper.
(d) She tells Arliss to catch her a big frog for dinner.

7. What happens that makes Travis feel better for the first time since Old Yeller's death?
(a) The puppy licks his hand.
(b) The puppy steals cornbread from the kitchen.
(c) The puppy jumps on his bed.
(d) His horse licks his hand.

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

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

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

11. What does Travis see Mama, Little Arliss, and Lisbeth doing after they gather the corn?
(a) They are scratching their skin.
(b) They are grumpy.
(c) They are complaining about the corn shucks.
(d) They are laughing and having a good time.

12. What are the marks that Travis makes on the hogs?
(a) Underslope and overbit.
(b) Crop and underslope.
(c) Crop and overbit.
(d) Crop and underbit.

13. 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 is still mad at her.
(c) He wants to go out and yell at her some more.
(d) He wants her to go home.

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

15. What happens to Travis when he falls into the killer hogs?
(a) A hog grabs him by his angle.
(b) A bar' hog bites his foot.
(c) The pigs jump on top of him.
(d) A slashing tusk catches him in the calf of his right leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Papa compare training the mind to handle fear with?

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

3. Why isn't Travis excited about the puppy that Lisbeth gives to him?

4. How does Old Yeller get into the fight with the loafer wolf?

5. When do Mama, Travis, and Little Arliss finally make it home with Old Yeller?

(see the answer keys)

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