Worksheets"Old Yeller" Review
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The house was built on
a)
Mill Creek
b)
Red River
c)
Homer Creek
d)
Birdsong Creek
2.
The setting of the story is
a)
Kansas
b)
Oklahoma
c)
Texas
d)
Nebraska
3.
Little Arliss was about
a)
2 years old
b)
5 years old
c)
10 years old
d)
13 years old
4.
The mule's name was
a)
Jumper
b)
Spot
c)
Bell
d)
Romper
5.
The time of the story is about
a)
1800
b)
1868
c)
1830
d)
1890
6.
As soon as his father leaves, Travis has to correct Little Arliss for
a)
breaking down one of the fences
b)
playing in the drinking water
c)
being careless with the eggs
d)
spilling the mild that was hauled up to the house by hand
7.
When the mule tried to stop plowing too early, Travis
a)
had to take the mule home because the plow hitch was tangled
b)
got Old Yeller to scare the mule back into line
c)
cut a switch and kept swatting the mule on the rump
d)
took a wooden club and whacked the mule across the jawbone
8.
When Travis went out to shoot a doe, he
a)
returned without one because he was day-dreaming and scared the only one he saw
b)
was able to shoot only a lone sick deer
c)
shot some rabbits instead since he could not find a doe
d)
shot a deer when it was running
9.
The victorious bull ran away when
a)
it was bitten by Old Yeller
b)
Travis shot over the bull's head
c)
he scraped his tongue on the spinning wheel
d)
his wounds began to bleed
10.
The man who used to go from house to house getting free meals and was too lazy to go on the cattle drive was
a)
Bud Searcy
b)
Burn Sanderson
c)
Jed Simpson
d)
Bert Wilbur
11.
Miss Prissy is
a)
Lisbeth's dog
b)
the woman who complains that Old Yeller has hydrophobia
c)
the school teacher
d)
the nickname the settlers have for Jed Simpson
12.
Travis marked the pigs on the
a)
shoulder
b)
rump
c)
ears
d)
rear leg
13.
Travis caught the pigs by
a)
putting some prickly-pear in their enclosure
b)
trapping them in a narrow pen
c)
throwing a heavy blanket over them
d)
roping them from a tree
14.
Travis remembered how many pigs he marked by
a)
putting a notch in a twig he carried for this purpose
b)
saving pieces of rope with which each pig was tied
c)
saving a piece of material cut from each pig
d)
tying a knot in a piece of rawhide for each pig that was marked
15.
The animals mixed in with the sows to help protect them from wild animals were
a)
bar hogs
b)
crest pigs
c)
boars
d)
rovers
16.
When Travis and his mother neared the spot where the wounded Old Yeller lay, they were disturbed by
a)
the excessive heat
b)
seeing buzzards circling in the sky
c)
wolf yelps
d)
an onrush of flying insects
17.
To sew stitches in Old Yeller's belly, Travis's mom used for thread
a)
a cowhide string
b)
cactus shred
c)
a hair from the mule's tail
d)
a lizard tail
18.
When Travis was sick, his mother was helped in doing the chores by
a)
Miss Prissy
b)
Lisbeth
c)
Susan Downes
d)
Bud Searcy
19.
One sign that one of the cows had hydrophobia was that she
a)
bit Old Yeller
b)
would eat carrot tops
c)
lost all her teeth
d)
would not give milk to her calf
20.
To get rid of the carcasses of the animals shot because they had hydrophobia, the bodies were
a)
burned
b)
dragged away by the mule
c)
buried
d)
thrown over the cliff
21.
The corn was grown to use in making bread.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
When Travis's father was leaving, Travis asked that a dog be brought back for him.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
Travis had a little sister who had died before the time during which the story takes place.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
The "dog run" was an open roofed-over space between the two rooms of the log cabin.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
Travis never again saw either of the two bulls who fought in front of the cabin.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
Travis and his mother both agreed that the "Chongo" bull should win the bull fight.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
Old Yeller finally chased the two fighting bulls away from the house, where Travis was afraid they might do damage.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
The bear attacked Little Arliss because Arliss had captured a bear cub.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Old Yeller killed the bear that had attacked Little Arliss.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
Old Yeller's owner eventually came to claim the dog.
a)
True
b)
False
31.
Hogs ran loose on the range like cattle.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
Travis and his mother took Little Arliss with them when they went to bring back the wounded Old Yeller.
a)
True
b)
False
33.
Travis's leg never did, as predicted, swell up from the hog injury, although the leg did cause him pain.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
Old Yeller was finally shot by Travis.
a)
True
b)
False
35.
The hydrophobia plague ended when a fire wiped out the diseased animals.
a)
True
b)
False
36.
Travis's father had been successful in his attempt to sell the cattle.
a)
True
b)
False
37.
Vocabulary: To roll around.
a)
dingy
b)
plague
c)
wallow
38.
Vocabulary: A female cow who has not had a calf.
a)
rogue
b)
solemn
c)
heifer
39.
Vocabulary: A dirty, dull color.
a)
dingy
b)
puny
c)
stench
40.
Vocabulary: Guts.
a)
plagues
b)
entrails
c)
wallow
41.
Vocabulary: Serious.
a)
fib
b)
rogue
c)
solemn
42.
Vocabulary: Little and weak.
a)
puny
b)
varmint
c)
entrails
43.
Vocabulary: A really bad smell.
a)
dingy
b)
heifer
c)
stench
44.
Vocabulary: An infectious disease.
a)
plague
b)
rogue
c)
stench
45.
Vocabulary: A pesky animal.
a)
entrails
b)
varmint
c)
puny
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