Old Yeller

What is the genre of the story?

• realistic fiction

• historical fiction

• science fiction

• autobiography

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Who is the author?

• Fred Gipson

• Marc Elliot

• Fred Jacobs

• Travis

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Who are the characters in the story?

• Travis, Arliss, mom, and dad

• Travis, Arliss, mom, dad, and Old Yeller

• West Texas, 1867

• Arliss and Old Yeller

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CCSS.RL.5.3

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What is the setting of the story?

• Way down in the West Texas town of El Paso

• Kansas in 1867

• The high plains of West Texas

• Texas in 1867

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Which is the most likely reason why the title of the story is Old Yeller?

• Old Yeller annoys Travis a lot

• Old Yeller is Travis's nickname

• They call him Old Yeller because his fur is yellow, but cowboys pronounce words like "yellow" as "yeller"

• Old Yeller makes Arliss become the biggest liar in Texas

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Why did Travis have to "become the man of the house" and take care of his family?

• his father went far away for work

• his father died

• his father wanted to test him, so he left Travis alone with Arliss and Mama

• Travis's dad went to the city to buy a horse

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Choose two words that can be used to describe Old Yeller.

• brave

• lazy

• protective

• scared

• slow

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What can we infer about the way Travis feels about Little Arilss?

• Travis thinks Arliss is annoying

• Travis loves Arliss

• Travis wants Arliss to become a dishonest person

• Travis doesn't really care about Arliss very much

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What happened at the the climax of the story?

• Travis and Arliss's father went away from home

• Arliss kept trying to catch bigger and bigger animals

• Old Yeller never listened to Travis's orders

• a bear tried to hurt Arliss

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CCSS.RL.5.3

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What happened to resolve the climax of the story?

• Travis fought the bear to save Little Arliss

• Old Yeller saved Little Arliss

• Travis and Old Yeller were seriously hurt by the bear

• Old Yeller died, but Travis and Arliss escaped

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