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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Travis react to the news about hydrophobia?
(a) He thinks Sanderson is lying about it.
(b) He is scared and mixed up about the danger.
(c) He thinks Sanderson is overreacting.
(d) He doesn't think it is anything to be concerned about.

2. What does Travis think about Old Yeller?
(a) He thinks the dog is smart but he doesn't want him.
(b) He thinks the dog is a purebred.
(c) He thinks the dog is stupid.
(d) He thinks the dog is vicious.

3. Who comes to the cabin two weeks after the milking incident?
(a) Lisbeth.
(b) A man comes to claim Old Yeller.
(c) Bud Searcy.
(d) Jed Simpson.

4. What disease does Bud Searcy hope does not spread throughout the settlement before the men get back?
(a) Small Pox.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Hydrophobia.
(d) Typhus.

5. Why is it hard for a dog to fight with a boar coon?
(a) The boar coon is fast and agile.
(b) The boar coon is smarter than any dog.
(c) The boar coon usually hides in thorn bushes.
(d) The boar coon fights with the courage of an animal five times its size.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a strange varmit stealing from the people in the settlement?

2. What does Travis do to try to prevent Old Yeller from roaming at night?

3. How does the bull fight finally end?

4. Who named Birdsong Creek?

5. What kind of man is Burn Sanderson?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tavis do when the bulls start fighting near the cabin?

2. Explain why Travis doesn't want another dog.

3. Summarize Travis' feelings for Bud Searcy's daughter, Lisbeth.

4. Describe the bulls that come near the cabin to fight with one another.

5. Summarize the items that Little Arliss brings home in his pockets.

6. What is the reaction of Little Arliss and Mama to the big dog?

7. Summarize the fight between the two bulls.

8. Describe what Travis reveals about his relationship with Old Yeller in the beginning of the chapter.

9. Summarize why Mama names the area in which they live Birdsong Creek.

10. Explain what Old Yeller does to save Little Arliss from certain death.

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