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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Travis' father leaving the family for months?
(a) He is working as a field hand in Abilene.
(b) He is going East to care for his dying mother.
(c) He is going East to school.
(d) He is driving cattle to Abilene.

2. How does the bull fight finally end?
(a) Travis shoots at them.
(b) The bulls give up and stagger away with their wounds.
(c) The old bull is killed.
(d) One of the bulls falls in the cart and it rolls down the hill.

3. How does Travis' family come to get Old Yeller?
(a) They buy him from a neighbor.
(b) They win the dog at the country fair.
(c) The dog wanders to their cabin.
(d) A friend gives the dog as a gift.

4. What does Travis think about Old Yeller?
(a) He thinks the dog is vicious.
(b) He thinks the dog is smart but he doesn't want him.
(c) He thinks the dog is stupid.
(d) He thinks the dog is a purebred.

5. What is the color of the two bulls?
(a) One of the bulls is a mustard color and the other is black.
(b) One of the bulls is a mustard color and the other is a red roan.
(c) One of the bulls is a red roan and the other is black.
(d) One of the bulls is black and the other is gray with spots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Travis ask his father for before he leaves?

2. What does Travis do to Jumper when he decides he doesn't want to plow anymore?

3. What does Travis discover as he reaches the cabin?

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

5. What does Travis decide to do about Old Yeller?

(see the answer key)

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