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Old Yeller all of book SCA Perry

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the setting of Old Yeller?

a)

a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away

b)

San Fransicso, California during the Gold Rush

c)

a farm on the Texas frontier during the late 1860s

d)

Chicago, Illinois during the early 1970s

2.
Why is Papa leaving his family?
a)
to look for new land for a home
b)
to look for gold
c)
to take the cattle to market
d)
to take care of his sick brother
3.

When he first saw the yeller dog, what did Travis discover it had eaten?

a)

a bucketful of table scraps meant for the hogs

b)

the jerky strips he'd set aside for his morning hunt

c)

a side of middling meat hanging from rafter poles

d)

more than a dozen eggs from nests in the hen house

4.
How does Travis feel about Old Yeller when he first arrives at their farm?
a)
loves him
b)
wants him to leave
c)
wants him to replace Bell
d)
is excited to have a new dog around
5.

Who is Jumper?

a)

A javelina hog.

b)

A dog.

c)

A mule.

d)

A bull.

6.

Where did Travis, Mama and Little Arliss watch the bull fight?

a)

Sitting on the split rail fence.

b)

Inside the cabin looking out a window.

c)

From the creek.

d)

Up a tree.

7.
What became the real danger during the bull fight?
a)
Little Arliss ran out between the bulls.
b)
The bulls were too close to the house.
c)
The bulls rammed the chicken coop, tearing it down.
d)
A deer ran between the two bulls.
8.

What does Mama have to do with Little Arliss every night?

a)

Bathe him in the creek.

b)

Empty his pockets.

c)

Clean the dog run.

d)

Spank him with a switch.

9.

What did Little Arliss have in his pocket that Mama spanked him for having?

a)

A horned toad.

b)

A baby bird.

c)

A skunk.

d)

A baby copperhead snake.

10.

How did Travis know that Little Arliss was in very big trouble?

a)

Little Arliss screamed a different kind of scream.

b)

Little Arliss threw rocks at Old Yeller.

c)

Little Arliss was naked in the corn patch.

d)

Little Arliss came running from the cabin.

11.

What did Little Arliss do that was extremely dangerous?

a)

He jumped on a panther.

b)

He held onto a bear cub and wouldn't let go.

c)

He caught a fish that finned him in his hand.

d)

He swam with snakes.

12.

How did Little Arliss get rescued from the bear?

a)

Travis shot the bear.

b)

Mama shot the bear.

c)

Little Arliss finally let the bear cub loose.

d)

Old Yeller attacked the mama bear.

13.

Travis began to love Old Yeller after the dog ---. ch 6

a)

led Travis to Mama, who had tumbled into a ditch and hurt herself

b)

saved Little Arliss from an attack by a she bear

c)

chased away a coyote that was threatening Lisbeth

d)

retrieved a pheasant Travis shot out of the air with Papa's shotgun

14.

Why were Mama and Travis worried about Old Yeller not eating at home?

a)

Old Yeller was losing weight.

b)

Old Yeller was stealing food from other homes.

c)

Old Yeller was going to die.

d)

Old Yeller was turning mean.

15.

Who is Lisbeth?

a)

Bud Searcy's granddaughter.

b)

Burn Sanderson's daughter.

c)

A female dog.

d)

A heifer cow.

16.

Why did the men not want Bud Searcy to come on the cattle drive?

a)

He talked too much and wasn't any help.

b)

He was a mean man.

c)

He didn't have a horse to ride.

17.

What disease did Bud Searcy tell them was going around?

a)

The flu

b)

Corona Virus

c)

Hydrophobia

(rabies)

d)

Fleas and ticks

18.

Why did Burn Sanderson visit the Coateses' farm?

a)

to take back is dog, which he later ended up leaving

b)

to ask Mrs. Coatesto care for his baby because his wife was sick

c)

to give them the message that Papa had been injured

d)

to warn them about a rabid dog in the area

19.

Why did Burn Sanderson let Old Yeller stay?

a)

He didn't really want the dog.

b)

He realized how much Old Yeller meant to the family.

c)

He traded him for a cow.

20.

What happened when Travis was marking some hogs in the bat cave country?

a)

A hog slashed his leg when the bank he was on gave way.

b)

The bar' hog he was marking rolled onto his ankle, spraining it.

c)

A panther that had heard the hogs' squeals jumped onto a sow's back.

d)

He was dragged down a gully when his belt caught on a hog's tusk.

21.

Why didn't Mama want Travis to go back for Old Yeller?

a)

She knew Old Yeller was already dead.

b)

Travis needed to eat.

c)

Little Arliss was scared.

d)

Travis' leg was too badly injured.

22.

Travis disobeyed Mama's order to stay off his leg in order to ---.

a)

search for Old Yeller, who had run away and not come home

b)

ride to the gully where Old Yeller and Little Arliss were hiding

c)

go back to retrieve Old Yeller, who had been savagely wounded

d)

follow Old Yeller, who seemed to want to show him something

23.

What did Travis' mom sew Yeller's wounds with?

a)

A piece of thread from her dress

b)

a sewing kit she had bought

c)

a hair from Jumper's tail

d)

a piece of cloth

24.

Where did Mama & Lisbeth get wood from to set the bull ablaze?

a)

a store

b)

the shed

c)

way out into the brush

25.

Why couldn't the family sleep after the bull was all burned up?

a)

the howling & snarling & fighting of the wolves lured to the place by the scent of the roasting meat

b)

the stench

c)

the flies that the carcass attracted

26.

What sort of animal was Old Yeller in a fight to the death with?

a)

a bear

b)

a loafer wolf

c)

a pack of javelina hogs

27.

Why did Travis have to shoot Old Yeller?

a)

He had been bitten by a mad wolf during the fight.

b)

He had tried to kill Lisbeth's puppy.

c)

He had charged Little Arliss with bared teeth.

d)

He had been attacked by a mountain lion.

28.

What seemingly caused the hydrophobia to disappear one day?

a)

a vaccine

b)

social distancing

c)

masks

d)

herd-immunity

e)

rain

29.

What did Papa bring back from Kansas

a)

money in his pockets

b)

a big shouting laugh for everybody

c)

a saddle horse for Travis

d)

steaks

e)

a dog

30.

What did the speckled pup steal from Mama?

a)

venison meat that was hanging in the dog run

b)

a steak

c)

cornbread

31.

After Yeller's death, Travis came alive again when Yeller's pup ---.

a)

playfully wrestled with Lisbeth's little dog

b)

crawled into bed between Travis and Little Arliss

c)

went out into the backyard to bury a chicken bone

d)

stole a chunk of cornbread and ran off squawling