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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Old Yeller do when Travis sic's him on the bulls?
(a) He leaps onto the back of one of the bulls.
(b) He circles the bulls, howling.
(c) He runs away into the woods.
(d) He attacks the bulls.

2. What does Travis do to try and drive the bulls away from the cabin?
(a) He tosses boiling water at them.
(b) He goes after them with a bull whip.
(c) He throws rocks at them.
(d) He chases them with a pitch fork.

3. What does Travis discover as he reaches the cabin?
(a) Arliss and the yeller dog are sharing a piece of meat.
(b) Arliss and the yeller dog are sleeping in the hay.
(c) Arliss and the yeller dog are in the drinking water.
(d) Arliss and the yeller dog are playing ball.

4. Where do Mama, Little Arliss, and Travis sit to see the bull fight?
(a) At the cabin window.
(b) On the grassy knoll.
(c) On the split-rail fence.
(d) On the cabin steps.

5. How does Travis react to the pending bull fight?
(a) He feels bad for the bulls.
(b) He is excited and wants to see it.
(c) He blocks his ears from the sound of the bulls.
(d) He can't watch because it sickens him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Travis' father leaving the family for months?

2. What does Mama say about Old Yeller?

3. Why is Travis concerned about being the man of the family?

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

5. What are the best times to go to the Salt Licks to hunt?

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