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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do Mama, Travis, and Little Arliss finally make it home with Old Yeller?
(a) They get home the next morning.
(b) They get home before it gets dark.
(c) They get home just as it gets dark.
(d) They get home at midnight.

2. What does Papa compare training the mind to handle fear with?
(a) Training a foot to kick a stone.
(b) Training the mouth to whistle.
(c) Training the eye to wink.
(d) Training an arm to throw a rock.

3. How many hogs are near the bat cave?
(a) Four pigs, one sow, and a couple of bar' hogs.
(b) Five pigs, three sows, and a couple of bar' hogs.
(c) Five pigs, two sows, and one bar' hog.
(d) Three pigs, two sows, and four bar' hogs.

4. What do the hogs do if a blizzard is on the way?
(a) They head back to the barn.
(b) They stand in the snow until someone leads them home.
(c) They go into caves in the side of the hill.
(d) They pack leaves and dry grass into a thicket or cave and sleep in it.

5. What fills Travis with terror when he goes back to find Old Yeller?
(a) Old Yeller's leg is broken.
(b) Old Yeller's belly is split open and his insides are bulging out.
(c) Old Yeller's ear is bitten off.
(d) Old Yeller is unconscious.

6. How does Travis shoot Old Yeller?
(a) He calls Old Yeller to him and shoots the dog in the head.
(b) He shoots Old Yeller while the dog is looking the other way.
(c) He shoots Old Yeller while the dog is eating his food.
(d) He shoots Old Yeller while the dog is sleeping.

7. What does Travis do when he hears the sound of dogs fighting? T
(a) He gets his gun.
(b) He holds Arliss in his lap.
(c) He runs out to see what is happening.
(d) He runs out to see if Mama is OK.

8. How does Travis hide Old Yeller while he runs home to get help?
(a) Travis covers him with branches.
(b) Travis digs a hole and places Old Yeller in it.
(c) Travis pushes him under an overhanging rock and covers the opening with a mesquite stump.
(d) Travis pushes him into a cave.

9. What does the puppy look like that Lisbeth shows to Travis?
(a) He is gray with blue spots.
(b) He is dirty white and speckled with blue spots.
(c) He is yellow like Old Yeller.
(d) He is brown with white spots.

10. What is the trouble that Travis thinks is too big for any of them to handle?
(a) There is a bear in the corn.
(b) The chickens have gone wild.
(c) The Spot heifer is injured.
(d) The Spot heifer comes home acting crazy and ignores her calf.

11. What does Travis think about Lisbeth staying with them?
(a) He thinks she will work hard.
(b) He thinks she will sit and cry all day.
(c) He thinks she will be no help and a bother.
(d) He thinks she will pester him all day.

12. What is Travis' reaction to Lisbeth helping Mama with the corn?
(a) He's glad to be out of it.
(b) He wants to tell her that she is useless.
(c) He wishes she would leave.
(d) It hurts his pride.

13. What does Travis see Mama, Little Arliss, and Lisbeth doing after they gather the corn?
(a) They are scratching their skin.
(b) They are complaining about the corn shucks.
(c) They are laughing and having a good time.
(d) They are grumpy.

14. Why does Mama decide that the Spot heifer must be killed?
(a) It will provide them with enough meat for the winter.
(b) Old Yeller needs the meat to get well.
(c) It has hydrophobia.
(d) It is no good for milking.

15. How does Mama prevent Jumper from jumping into the corn field?
(a) She ties a large stone to his back leg.
(b) She ties his back legs together.
(c) She ties him to a tree.
(d) She ties a chunk of wood to his forefoot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Travis have to do to the hogs to be able to tell them apart from the neighbor's hogs?

2. How does Old Yeller save Travis from the hogs?

3. What prevents the animal sick with hydrophobia from getting Mama?

4. How does Mama sew up Old Yeller's wound?

5. Why is Mama so upset that Jumper is eating the corn?

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