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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Travis yell for Mama to bring him?

2. How does Travis hide Old Yeller while he runs home to get help?

3. Why doesn't Mama want the buzzards to eat the dead animal?

4. What condition is Travis in when he returns home after shooting Spot?

5. What game were Little Arliss and the puppy playing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the condition of the roan bull who wanders around the cabin.

4. Describe the condition of Travis and Old Yeller for the next few weeks.

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

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

7. Explain why Travis can't sleep the night Burn Sanderson leaves.

8. Describe why Mama is afraid of their wild hogs.

9. Summarize the scene when the Spot heifer returns to the cabin.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Discuss how Travis grows as a character from the beginning of the novel to the end.

2) How does his attitude change toward Old Yeller?

3) How does his attitude change about what is important in his life?

4) What are the differences in his attitude toward the meaning of responsibility in the beginning to the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

1) Summarize the impact Old Yeller and Travis have on each other's lives.

2) What is involved in the relationship of the boy and his dog?

3) How does the relationship of a boy and his dog by today's standards differ from those of Travis and Old Yeller?

4)Cite examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

1) Analyze Travis' coming of age throughout the novel.

2) What fears and emotions does he experience as he grows in each chapter of the novel?

3) How do his attitudes change as he develops from the boy when his Papa leaves to the young man at the end of the novel?

4) Cite examples of the character changes Travis goes through from different events in the novel.

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