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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 Mama say when Travis gets home and tells her about Old Yeller?
(a) She tells Travis that they will have to wait until the next day to go back to Old Yeller.
(b) She tells Travis that Old Yeller is probably dead already.
(c) She tells Travis they can't go to Old Yeller until Travis' wound is cleaned up.
(d) She tells Travis that they will leave right away to go back to Old Yeller.

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

3. What lures wolves to the cabin?
(a) Mama cooking meat on the stove.
(b) The sounds of humans.
(c) The scent of blood from Old Yeller.
(d) The scent of dead meat.

4. What condition is Travis in when he returns home after shooting Spot?
(a) He is sad and upset.
(b) He feels stronger than he has in a long time.
(c) He is weak, sweating, and trembling.
(d) He is angry that Spot got hydrophobia.

5. How do Travis and Old Yeller feel for a couple of weeks after the hog attack?
(a) They both have a rough time of it.
(b) Old Yeller recovers quickly but Travis has a rough time.
(c) Travis is feeling fine but Old Yeller has a rough time.
(d) They both recover quickly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Travis see Mama, Little Arliss, and Lisbeth doing after they gather the corn?

2. What lives in one of Travis' favorite places, down in a deep canyon which is bent in the shape of a horseshoe?

3. What will the hogs do if they catch up to someone?

4. What does Travis have to do to the hogs to be able to tell them apart from the neighbor's hogs?

5. What does Papa tell Travis about what he had to do to Old Yeller?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Lisbeth does while staying with Travis and his family.

2. Summarize how Old Yeller gets the wild hogs where Travis wants them to go.

3. Describe what Travis sees after he builds a small fire out of bear grass.

4. Describe what Travis and Mama do with the bull.

5. Describe the battle that ensues between Old Yeller and the hogs.

6. Why does Mama say that is was a good thing Old Yeller was there to save Mama and the others from the wolf, but not a good thing for Old Yeller?

7. Describe the procedure Travis uses for marking the hogs.

8. What does Mama tell Little Arliss to do while she is stitching Old Yeller's belly?

9. What decision does Mama and Travis make regarding the Spot heifer?

10. Describe Travis' condition when he returns home after dealing with the Spot heifer.

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