WorksheetsOld Yeller Chap. 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following was not a reason for Old Yeller’s name?
a)
His short hair was a dingy yellow.
b)
He would immediately start barking as soon as Little Arliss yelled for him to chase a rabbit.
c)
The sound he made was closer to being a yell than a bark.
2.
When Old Yeller strayed up to the log cabin on Birdsong Creek,
a)
he made Travis so mad at first he wanted to kill the dog,
b)
Papa tried for more than a week to run him off,
c)
he chased the chickens and the cattle.
3.
Travis and his family lived in
a)
Kansas,
b)
Oklahoma,
c)
Texas.
4.
Some of the men hesitated to go on the six-hundred mile drive because
a)
there were warring Indians in the territory they would have to cross,
b)
it was not certain the cattle were strong enough to make the trip,
c)
they would be gone for months, leaving the womenfolks and children of Salt Licks to make out the best they could.
5.
The day Papa left, how old was Travis?
a)
twelve years old,
b)
fourteen years old,
c)
sixteen years old.
6.
Papa said mainly Travis should
a)
do every thing he could to keep Mama from worrying,
b)
keep Little Arliss from being lonely,
c)
work the corn and keep the varmits from eating the roasting ears.
7.
Papa said what Travis needed worse than a horse was
a)
a year’s worth of growing,
b)
a good hunting rifle,
c)
a good dog.
8.
Papa promised that if Travis would act the man’s part while he was gone, part of the cattle money would be used to buy Travis
a)
a man’s rifle,
b)
a man’s horse,
c)
a man’s hunting dog.
9.
Travis’s dog Bell, who had protected and saved him many times, had been killed
a)
by a bear,
b)
by a chopped off rattlesnake head,
c)
trying to drag Little Arliss out of Birdsong Creek.
10.
Papa and Mama had built their home on Birdsong Creek instead of over on Salt Branch closer to the other settlers because they’d camped at the spring and
a)
Mama and the animals were too exhausted to travel another mile,
b)
word came that there was no more good land left on Salt Branch,
c)
mockingbirds singing in the white bee myrtle made things sound and smell so good, Mama wouldn’t go on.
11.
Which of the following was not something that Mama and Papa had experienced since they moved to Birdsong Creek? They
a)
build the largest home in the area,
b)
fought off Indians and cleared a corn patch,
c)
lost a daughter to fever.
12.
When Travis said he was going to wear Little Arliss to a frazzle with a mesquite sprout for taking off his clothes and playing in the family’s drinking water, Mama
a)
told Travis he was getting too big for his britches,
b)
yelled at Little
Arliss for running without putting his clothes back on,
Arliss for running without putting his clothes back on,
c)
told Little Arliss he had better listen to his big brother if he wanted to keep out of trouble.
13.
The dog run, where Mama sent Little Arliss, was
a)
a covered walkway along the side of the barn,
b)
a roofed-over space between the two rooms of the log cabin,
c)
the fenced-in area where Bell used to live.
14.
Travis poured water over wood ashes so it could trickle through and become lye water which Mama mixed with hog fat to make
a)
salve,
b)
soap,
c)
rat poison.
15.
When Travis told him to leave the place where he was chipping wood and go back to the house, Little Arliss
a)
stuck his tongue out at Travis,
b)
headed back to the pothole to play in the water,
c)
did as he was told.
16.
After dinner,
a)
Travis went out to finish plowing the corn without being told to,
b)
Mama asked Travis to finish plowing the corn,
c)
Mama tearfully talked about Papa.
17.
Jumper got his name because
a)
he was an extremely nervous and skittish mule,
b)
he was bad to jump and kick when he didn’t want to work,
c)
nobody had ever built a fence he couldn’t jump over.
18.
When Jumper tried to quit plowing too soon, Travis convinced him to keep working by
a)
hitting him across the jawbone with a cedar club,
b)
allowing him to eat a large ear of corn,
c)
yelling “Whoa!” and yanking him backwards with the reins.
19.
Which of the following was not true of the bed that Travis and Little Arliss slept in? It
a)
was made of a couple of squared-up cowhides stretched tight inside a pole frame,
b)
had a mattress stuffed with corn husks,
c)
was constructed of ropes woven from side to side and end to end across a wooden frame.
20.
At the end of the day, Travis guessed that he
a)
could handle things while Papa was gone just about as good as Papa could,
b)
would have to be tougher and smarter than he had ever been before,
c)
was going to have a difficult time proving to Papa that he was dependable.
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