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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 do Travis and Mama first think Spot ate?
(a) Prickly pears.
(b) Pea vine.
(c) Rotten sweet potatoes.
(d) Loco weed.

2. What does Papa tell Travis about what he had to do to Old Yeller?
(a) Papa says that Travis needs to forget about Old Yeller.
(b) Papa says that Travis needs to toughen up.
(c) Papa says that life is cruel and unfair sometimes.
(d) Papa says that Travis needs to stop being a cry baby.

3. What does Mama use as a poultice for Travis' wound?
(a) Flour and vinegar.
(b) Prickly-pear roots.
(c) Bear fat.
(d) Turpentine and mud.

4. How does Travis feel when Lisbeth and Little Arliss walk past his door?
(a) He wants her to go home.
(b) He feels sorry and mean for hurting her feelings.
(c) He is still mad at her.
(d) He wants to go out and yell at her some more.

5. How does Travis feel about his new horse?
(a) He so excited that he forgets about Old Yeller.
(b) He doesn't want it.
(c) He hates it.
(d) He doesn't care about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mama and Travis do when Jumper is unable to move the dead animal?

2. How does Old Yeller save Travis from the hogs?

3. How do the pigs react when Old Yeller and Travis find them?

4. How does Travis shoot Old Yeller?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Travis worried when wakes up from his nap?

3. Explain why Travis and Old Yeller head out to bat cave country.

4. Explain the first thing Mama and Travis see as they get closer to the spot where Travis hid Old Yeller.

5. Describe Travis' state of mind after he shoots Old Yeller.

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

7. Describe what Mama does to treat Travis' wound.

8. Summarize the actions of Travis when he realized that the roan bull has hydrophobia.

9. Summarize what Mama must do while Travis is recuperating.

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

(see the answer keys)

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