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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do the hogs become the most vicious?
(a) When they are two years old.
(b) When being chased.
(c) When they get old.
(d) When cornered.

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

3. What did Travis see on the face of a cliff at Salt Branch that impressed him?
(a) A shape in the cliff that looked like a man.
(b) Cave men drawings.
(c) Holes left by meteors.
(d) Sharp-winged swallows had build nests on the face of the cliff that looked like honeycombs.

4. What does Mama say about Lisbeth staying with her?
(a) She says Lisbeth can sleep in the dog run.
(b) She thinks Lisbeth is too young to be away from home.
(c) She says that Lisbeth can milk the cows.
(d) She thinks Lisbeth won't be any help.

5. What does Travis decide is a good place to shoot Spot?
(a) A mud pool.
(b) Near the river.
(c) A dry, sandy wash.
(d) The bottom of a gorge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who saves Little Arliss from the attacking bear?

2. How does Little Arliss take Travis by surprise?

3. What does Mama make with lye water and hog fat?

4. What does Travis discover when he opens the dog run door where the meat is stored?

5. Why does Mama decide that the Spot heifer must be killed?

(see the answer key)

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