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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 does Travis do as the doe keeps approaching him?
(a) He raises his gun but doesn't shoot.
(b) He raises his gun and shoots.
(c) He falls out of the tree.
(d) He backs up.

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

3. What is a strange varmit stealing from the people in the settlement?
(a) Meat, eggs, and cornbread.
(b) Flour and eggs.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Sheep.

4. How does Travis' family come to get Old Yeller?
(a) They buy him from a neighbor.
(b) A friend gives the dog as a gift.
(c) The dog wanders to their cabin.
(d) They win the dog at the country fair.

5. What is the first thing Travis does when he reaches the Salt Licks?
(a) He climbs a tree and watches for deer.
(b) He determines which way the wind is blowing.
(c) He checks for deer prints in the mud.
(d) He sits with the wind blowing across his back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Old Yeller do when Travis sic's him on the bulls?

2. What disease does Bud Searcy hope does not spread throughout the settlement before the men get back?

3. Where do Mama, Little Arliss, and Travis sit to see the bull fight?

4. What are all Texans short of now that the Civil War is over?

5. What does Travis notice about Old Yeller when he first sees the dog?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Travis discover when he returns home that makes him angry at the yeller dog again?

6. Describe Little Arliss' reaction to Burn Sanderson's news.

7. Summarize the fight between the two bulls.

8. Explain what Travis does to the big dog when he sees him for the first time and what is the dog's reaction.

9. Describe the agreement Little Arliss and Burn Sanderson arrange.

10. Explain why Travis' father is travelling to Abilene, leaving Travis in charge of the family.

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