Reading Comprehension

How are Little Arliss and the bear cub alike? 

• They are both screamers. 

• They are both frightened. 

• They both are in the water. 

• They both have hold of each other. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

2 How are Travis's and Mama's reactions to 

the scene at the spring hole similar? 

• They both go running for Papa.

• They both attack the mother bear. 

• They both feel they can do nothing 

  to help. 

• They both encourage Little Arliss to 

  attack the mother bear. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Comprehension

What behavior do Little Arliss and Mama 

have in common in this passage? 

• hunting 

• lying 

• screaming 

• swimming 

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

5 What is the meaning of the word lick in the 

sentence below? 

Then I swung my chopping axe high and wheeled, aiming to cave in the she bear's head with the first lick. 

• hit 

• kick

• slurp 

• taste 

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

"I hate the idea of having all those people out there watching me...I just don't like it when I'm around so many people. I wish I just could hide somewhere," whispered Violet.
What can you infer about Violet?

• She is energetic

• She is shy

• She is mean

• She hates people

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Comprehension

6 Read these sentences from the passage. 

She'd stand there on her hind feet, hunched over, and take a roaring swing at him with one of those big front claws. She'd slap him head over heels. She'd knock him so far that it didn't look like he could possibly get back there.... 

• adverbs and nouns.

• nouns and pronouns. 

• verbs and adjectives. 

• adjectives and adverbs

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Comprehension

7 What is the meaning of for a little piece in 

the sentence below? 

The bear chased him for a little piece, but at the rate Old Yeller was leaving her behind, Mama said it looked like the bear was backing up.

• along the river 

• for a bit of food 

• for a short distance 

• until she caught his tail 

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Comprehension

8 Read this sentence from the passage. 

Old Yeller, though, all he did was come bounding in to jump on us and lick us in the face and bark so loud that there, inside the cabin, the noise nearly made us deaf. 

The author most likely chose to use the word bounding instead of running because 

• running is the wrong part of speech. 

• bounding is more specific and 

  descriptive. 

• bounding is a better example of 

  a metaphor. 

• running suggests that Old Yeller is untrained.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which word would be the best replacement for natural in this sentence? 

So it was only natural for me to come to love the dog that saved him. 

• human 

• obvious 

• possible

• unlikely

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

10 Which word best describes the family's 

attitude toward Old Yeller at the end of the passage? 

• grateful 

• interested 

• jealous 

• uncertain 

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1