Old Yeller chapter 1

Which of the following was not a reason for Old Yeller’s name? 

• His short hair was a dingy yellow.  
• He would immediately start barking as soon as Little Arliss yelled for him to chase a rabbit. 
• The sound he made was closer to being a yell than a bark. 

When Old Yeller strayed up to the log cabin on Birdsong Creek, 

• he made Travis so mad at first he wanted to kill the dog, 
• Papa tried for more than a week to run him off, 
• he chased the chickens and the cattle. 

Old Yeller’s story took place in the late 1860’s right after  

• the Revolutionary War, 
• the Civil War,  
• the Spanish American War. 

Travis and his family lived in 

• Kansas, 
• Oklahoma, 
• Texas. 

Papa and other Salt Licks settlers combined their steers and trailed them to a new cattle market in Abilene, Kansas, because  

• the family needed the cash money,  
• there was not enough good pasture around Birdsong Creek, 
• the price of beef was predicted to fall in a few months. 

Some of the men hesitated to go on the six-hundred mile drive because

• there were warring Indians in the territory they would have to cross,  
• it was not certain the cattle were strong enough to make the trip, 
• they would be gone for months, leaving the womenfolks and children of Salt Licks to make out the best they could. 

The day Papa left, Mama was trying to keep from crying, but five-year-old Little Arliss was howling because 

• the sight of Papa on a horse always frightened him, 
• he couldn’t go with Papa, 
• he could sense that Mama was upset. 

The day Papa left, how old was Travis? 

• twelve years old, 
• fourteen years old, 
• sixteen years old. 

Papa said that while he was gone, Travis  

• would be the man of the family, 
• was not to worry about hunting for fresh meat as there was plenty of food stored for the family, 
• should not do anything until Mama told him to. 

Papa said mainly Travis should  

• do every thing he could to keep Mama from worrying, 
•  keep Little Arliss from being lonely,  
• work the corn and keep the varmits from eating the roasting ears.