WorksheetsOld Yeller all of book SCA Perry
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is the setting of Old Yeller?
a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away
San Fransicso, California during the Gold Rush
a farm on the Texas frontier during the late 1860s
Chicago, Illinois during the early 1970s
When he first saw the yeller dog, what did Travis discover it had eaten?
a bucketful of table scraps meant for the hogs
the jerky strips he'd set aside for his morning hunt
a side of middling meat hanging from rafter poles
more than a dozen eggs from nests in the hen house
Who is Jumper?
A javelina hog.
A dog.
A mule.
A bull.
Where did Travis, Mama and Little Arliss watch the bull fight?
Sitting on the split rail fence.
Inside the cabin looking out a window.
From the creek.
Up a tree.
What does Mama have to do with Little Arliss every night?
Bathe him in the creek.
Empty his pockets.
Clean the dog run.
Spank him with a switch.
What did Little Arliss have in his pocket that Mama spanked him for having?
A horned toad.
A baby bird.
A skunk.
A baby copperhead snake.
How did Travis know that Little Arliss was in very big trouble?
Little Arliss screamed a different kind of scream.
Little Arliss threw rocks at Old Yeller.
Little Arliss was naked in the corn patch.
Little Arliss came running from the cabin.
What did Little Arliss do that was extremely dangerous?
He jumped on a panther.
He held onto a bear cub and wouldn't let go.
He caught a fish that finned him in his hand.
He swam with snakes.
How did Little Arliss get rescued from the bear?
Travis shot the bear.
Mama shot the bear.
Little Arliss finally let the bear cub loose.
Old Yeller attacked the mama bear.
Travis began to love Old Yeller after the dog ---. ch 6
led Travis to Mama, who had tumbled into a ditch and hurt herself
saved Little Arliss from an attack by a she bear
chased away a coyote that was threatening Lisbeth
retrieved a pheasant Travis shot out of the air with Papa's shotgun
Why were Mama and Travis worried about Old Yeller not eating at home?
Old Yeller was losing weight.
Old Yeller was stealing food from other homes.
Old Yeller was going to die.
Old Yeller was turning mean.
Who is Lisbeth?
Bud Searcy's granddaughter.
Burn Sanderson's daughter.
A female dog.
A heifer cow.
Why did the men not want Bud Searcy to come on the cattle drive?
He talked too much and wasn't any help.
He was a mean man.
He didn't have a horse to ride.
What disease did Bud Searcy tell them was going around?
The flu
Corona Virus
Hydrophobia
(rabies)
Fleas and ticks
Why did Burn Sanderson visit the Coateses' farm?
to take back is dog, which he later ended up leaving
to ask Mrs. Coatesto care for his baby because his wife was sick
to give them the message that Papa had been injured
to warn them about a rabid dog in the area
Why did Burn Sanderson let Old Yeller stay?
He didn't really want the dog.
He realized how much Old Yeller meant to the family.
He traded him for a cow.
What happened when Travis was marking some hogs in the bat cave country?
A hog slashed his leg when the bank he was on gave way.
The bar' hog he was marking rolled onto his ankle, spraining it.
A panther that had heard the hogs' squeals jumped onto a sow's back.
He was dragged down a gully when his belt caught on a hog's tusk.
Why didn't Mama want Travis to go back for Old Yeller?
She knew Old Yeller was already dead.
Travis needed to eat.
Little Arliss was scared.
Travis' leg was too badly injured.
Travis disobeyed Mama's order to stay off his leg in order to ---.
search for Old Yeller, who had run away and not come home
ride to the gully where Old Yeller and Little Arliss were hiding
go back to retrieve Old Yeller, who had been savagely wounded
follow Old Yeller, who seemed to want to show him something
What did Travis' mom sew Yeller's wounds with?
A piece of thread from her dress
a sewing kit she had bought
a hair from Jumper's tail
a piece of cloth
Where did Mama & Lisbeth get wood from to set the bull ablaze?
a store
the shed
way out into the brush
Why couldn't the family sleep after the bull was all burned up?
the howling & snarling & fighting of the wolves lured to the place by the scent of the roasting meat
the stench
the flies that the carcass attracted
What sort of animal was Old Yeller in a fight to the death with?
a bear
a loafer wolf
a pack of javelina hogs
Why did Travis have to shoot Old Yeller?
He had been bitten by a mad wolf during the fight.
He had tried to kill Lisbeth's puppy.
He had charged Little Arliss with bared teeth.
He had been attacked by a mountain lion.
What seemingly caused the hydrophobia to disappear one day?
a vaccine
social distancing
masks
herd-immunity
rain
What did Papa bring back from Kansas
money in his pockets
a big shouting laugh for everybody
a saddle horse for Travis
steaks
a dog
What did the speckled pup steal from Mama?
venison meat that was hanging in the dog run
a steak
cornbread
After Yeller's death, Travis came alive again when Yeller's pup ---.
playfully wrestled with Lisbeth's little dog
crawled into bed between Travis and Little Arliss
went out into the backyard to bury a chicken bone
stole a chunk of cornbread and ran off squawling
