Old Yeller

What had Old Yeller done when Travis first found him?

• ate the family's meat
• killed a skunk
• caught a rabbit
• got bit by a rattlesnake

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How did settlers mark their hogs?

• They branded them with a branding iron.
• They cut notches in their ears.
• They painted stripes on their backs.
• They tied different colored strings to their tails.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What did Little Arliss keep doing that made Travis crazy?

• He would eat all the cornbread.
• He hunted lizards.
• He would throw rocks at Old Yeller.
• He played in the drinking water.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What did Burn Sanderson tell Travis?

• Old Yeller was a thief.
• His father would be home in 2 weeks.
• He needed to mark his hogs.
• There was a hydrophobia plague.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What was Travis to do while Papa was away?

• Study hard in school.
• Live with Lisbeth's family.
• Teach Old Yeller to round up the hogs.
• Help take care of things at home.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What did Mama use to stitch up Old Yeller's wounds?

• vine from the woods
• rawhide
• hair from Jumper's tail
• thread

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why wasn't Old Yeller eating at home?

• He had hydrophobia.
• He was stealing food in the settlement.
• He didn't like what Travis tried to feed him.
• He was catching rabbits in the woods.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How did Old Yeller possibly get hydrophobia?

• Spot the heifer hurt him.
• The cut from the hogs.
• He saved Mama from the loafer wolf.
• Old Yeller at some meat from the roan bull.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why was the dog called Old Yeller?

• His hair was a dingy yellow.
• He was afraid of everything.
• Little Arliss gave him that name.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why wouldn't Spot the heifer nurse her calf?

• Spot had hydrophobia.
• The calf was getting to old.
• The calf was lost in the woods.
• The family used all of Spot's milk.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1