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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mama prepare for supper after Old Yeller arrives?
(a) Corn meal mush.
(b) Hotcakes and honey.
(c) Buttermilk biscuits.
(d) Beef stew.

2. Why does Little Arliss cry when his father goes away?
(a) He just got stung by a bee.
(b) He doesn't want to stay with his mother.
(c) He wants to go too.
(d) He will miss his father.

3. 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 driving cattle to Abilene.
(d) He is going East to school.

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

5. Why can't Travis take Jumper close to the Salt Licks where he goes to hunt deer?
(a) Jumper will be attacked by a bear.
(b) Jumper is too old to go that far.
(c) It is too much of a rocky climb.
(d) Jumper is afraid of gunfire and he will scare away the game.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Little Arliss act when Travis takes him squirrel hunting?

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

4. How does Travis finally shoot the turkey that he wounded in the pea garden?

5. What sound does Travis recognize that he has heard only once before?

(see the answer key)

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