Old Yeller Final Test

What had Old Yeller done when Travis first found him?

• ate the family's meat
• killed a skunk
• caught a rabbit
• got bit by a rattlesnake

How did settlers mark their hogs?

• They branded them with a branding iron.
• They cut notches in their ears.
• They painted stripes on their backs.
• They tied different colored strings to their tails.

What did Little Arliss keep doing that made Travis crazy?

• He would eat all the cornbread.
• He hunted lizards.
• He would throw rocks at Old Yeller.
• He played in the drinking water.

What did Burn Sanderson tell Travis?

• Old Yeller was a thief.
• His father would be home in 2 weeks.
• He needed to mark his hogs.
• There was a hydrophobia plague.

What was Travis to do while Papa was away?

• Study hard in school.
• Live with Lisbeth's family.
• Teach Old Yeller to round up the hogs.
• Help take care of things at home.

What did Mama use to stitch up Old Yeller's wounds?

• vine from the woods
• rawhide
• hair from Jumper's tail
• thread

Why wasn't Old Yeller eating at home?

• He had hydrophobia.
• He was stealing food in the settlement.
• He didn't like what Travis tried to feed him.
• He was catching rabbits in the woods.

How did Old Yeller possibly get hydrophobia?

• Spot the heifer hurt him.
• The cut from the hogs.
• He saved Mama from the loafer wolf.
• Old Yeller at some meat from the roan bull.

Why was the dog called Old Yeller?

• His hair was a dingy yellow.
• He was afraid of everything.
• Little Arliss gave him that name.

Why wouldn't Spot the heifer nurse her calf?

• Spot had hydrophobia.
• The calf was getting to old.
• The calf was lost in the woods.
• The family used all of Spot's milk.