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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. What news does Searcy bring to Travis, Little Arliss, and Mama?
(a) He tells them that the men will be home in a few days.
(b) He tells them that the cows are going dry and the gardens are failing around the settlement.
(c) He tells them that Rosal shot a fox.
(d) He tells them that Jed Simpson shot a turkey.
2. Why do the hogs, cattle, and wild animals come to the Salt Licks?
(a) They eat the berries growing there.
(b) It has thick brambles where the animals hide.
(c) They drink from the pond that is there.
(d) They lick the salt.
3. Why is Travis' father leaving the family for months?
(a) He is going East to care for his dying mother.
(b) He is going East to school.
(c) He is driving cattle to Abilene.
(d) He is working as a field hand in Abilene.
4. What is the color of the two bulls?
(a) One of the bulls is a mustard color and the other is a red roan.
(b) One of the bulls is a mustard color and the other is black.
(c) One of the bulls is a red roan and the other is black.
(d) One of the bulls is black and the other is gray with spots.
5. Why does Little Arliss cry when his father goes away?
(a) He just got stung by a bee.
(b) He will miss his father.
(c) He wants to go too.
(d) He doesn't want to stay with his mother.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are all Texans short of now that the Civil War is over?
2. How does the first bull become wounded in the fight?
3. What does Travis' father ask him to do while he is away?
4. What does Old Yeller do when Travis sic's him on the bulls?
5. How many cows does Travis have to milk to get enough for the family?
Short Essay Questions
1. Summarize Travis' feelings for Bud Searcy's daughter, Lisbeth.
2. Why do Travis and Old Yeller sleep in the corn patch?
3. Summarize the time Travis meets Old Yeller for the first time.
4. Explain why Travis' father is travelling to Abilene, leaving Travis in charge of the family.
5. Explain what Travis does to the big dog when he sees him for the first time and what is the dog's reaction.
6. Describe why Travis goes to the Salt Licks to hunt for deer.
7. Describe the bad news that Travis and his family get after taming Spot.
8. Summarize the fight between the two bulls.
9. Explain why Travis doesn't want another dog.
10. What does Travis discover when he returns home that makes him angry at the yeller dog again?
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