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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does Sanderson give to Travis about when to shoot an animal with hydrophobia?
(a) Shoot the animal after it tries to bite.
(b) Shoot any animal he comes across until the hydrophobia is gone.
(c) Shoot only wild animals, not pets.
(d) Shoot anything that is acting unnatural.

2. How does the first bull become wounded in the fight?
(a) The first bull is slammed in the ribs.
(b) The first bull is slammed by the other bull's horn in the shoulder.
(c) The first bull has his horn ripped out.
(d) The first bull is gored in the hip.

3. What sound does Travis recognize that he has heard only once before?
(a) The wild snarl of a mountain lion.
(b) The sound of a dog dying.
(c) The coughing roar of a charging bear.
(d) The whimpering of a bear cub.

4. Why does the mother bear come running to attack Little Arliss?
(a) Arliss threw a rock at her cub.
(b) Arliss threw a rock at her.
(c) Arliss wandered into her den.
(d) Arliss is holding her bear cub by the leg.

5. Who comes to the cabin two weeks after the milking incident?
(a) Jed Simpson.
(b) Lisbeth.
(c) Bud Searcy.
(d) A man comes to claim Old Yeller.

Short Answer Questions

1. What warns the doe that Travis is nearby?

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

3. When does Travis begin to love Old Yeller?

4. What kind of man is Burn Sanderson?

5. What does Mama say about Old Yeller?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the agreement Little Arliss and Burn Sanderson arrange.

2. Explain what Old Yeller does when Travis comes out of the cabin with the whip.

3. Explain why Travis doesn't want to shoot a javelina hog.

4. Describe the situation when Travis finds Spot and her new calf.

5. Summarize the fight between the two bulls.

6. Summarize the warning the Burn Sanderson gives to Travis before he rides off.

7. What is the reaction of Little Arliss and Mama to the big dog?

8. Why do Travis and Old Yeller sleep in the corn patch?

9. Describe the bad news that Travis and his family get after taming Spot.

10. Summarize Old Yeller's condition when he returns home after rescuing Little Arliss.

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