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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Mama so upset that Jumper is eating the corn?
(a) They need the corn to eat until winter comes.
(b) The corn is for the sheep.
(c) They need the corn to feed the cows.
(d) They won't have any corn meal for bread in the winter.

3. How does Travis propose getting Old Yeller home?
(a) Travis says that Mama can hold Old Yeller while riding on Jumper.
(b) Travis says that they can drag Old Yeller in a blanket.
(c) Travis says they can put Old Yeller in a cart.
(d) Travis says that he will hold Old Yeller while riding on Jumper.

4. What does Travis see that makes him think Old Yeller is dead?
(a) Flies are hovering over the spot where Old Yeller is hidden.
(b) He sees a sees a hog sniffing around the spot where Old Yeller is hidden.
(c) He sees a large puddle of blood around the spot where Old Yeller is hidden.
(d) Buzzards circling and diving above the spot where Old Yeller is hidden

5. What does Travis do while Mama, Lisbeth, and Old Yeller go to burn Spot?
(a) He cooks supper for everyone.
(b) He reads a book to Arliss.
(c) He stays at home with Little Arliss.
(d) He teaches Arliss how to shoot.

6. How much longer will Papa be away?
(a) One more month.
(b) Two more weeks.
(c) One week.
(d) Mama says anytime now.

7. What does Mama use to give water to Old Yeller?
(a) Her hat.
(b) A cowhide sack.
(c) Her purse.
(d) Travis' hat.

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

9. What makes the hogs under Travis' limb go wild with anger.
(a) Old Yeller pushing them into a ring.
(b) The squealing and scent of blood.
(c) The sight of Travis hovering above them.
(d) Old Yeller nipping at their heals.

10. How do Travis and Old Yeller feel for a couple of weeks after the hog attack?
(a) They both recover quickly.
(b) Old Yeller recovers quickly but Travis has a rough time.
(c) Travis is feeling fine but Old Yeller has a rough time.
(d) They both have a rough time of it.

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

12. Why does Travis keep a piece of ear from every marked pig hanging in the corn crib?
(a) He keeps the ears to show Papa when he comes home.
(b) He keeps the ears to make a necklace.
(c) He keeps the ears so he can get an accurate count of how many pigs there are.
(d) He keeps the ears as trophies.

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

14. 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 at midnight.
(d) They get home just as it gets dark.

15. What happens to Travis when he falls into the killer hogs?
(a) A bar' hog bites his foot.
(b) A slashing tusk catches him in the calf of his right leg.
(c) A hog grabs him by his angle.
(d) The pigs jump on top of him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama use as a poultice for Travis' wound?

2. Why does Bud Searcy leave Lisbeth behind with Mama?

3. What does Old Yeller do while Mama stitches his wound?

4. When does Travis shoot the loafer wolf?

5. What does Old Yeller do when Travis reaches for him?

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