Old Yeller - Comprehension Questions Review

What inference about Travis’s character does the author want readers to make?

• Travis is a lazy boy and careless

• Travis is a hard worker who pushes himself.

• Travis is a silly boy and often likes to make tricks.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.9B

Arliss’s cry is more ________. And he heard the roar of a charging bear.

Why do you think the author chose the first-person point of view to tell the story?

• Because the author didn't trust the point of view of the other characters

• The first-person point of view is interesting and funny.

• The first-person point of view enables readers to feel Travis’s fear and panic and heightens the suspense as they watch events unfold through his eyes.

How do Arliss’s actions contrast with those of Travis?

• Arliss is unable to act, whereas Travis is rapidly responding to the situation.

• Travis is unable to act, whereas Arliss is rapidly reacting to the problem.

• Both Arliss and Travis can act well fastly responding to the situation.

How would you characterize Old Yeller, based on his actions in the story?

• Old Yeller is a coward and frightened .he can't do anything to help Arliss

• Old Yeller is cute and lovely. and he's not able to defend Arliss.

• Old Yeller is brave and loyal; he does not hesitate to defend Arliss.

Travis suddenly feels _______ again.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.4.2D

_______bounds in and licks everyone’s face, barking excitedly.

Travis spends his time playing and getting in the way of everyone who works on the farm.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

Travis prepares to go after the bear with his _______.

Why did the author use a lot of details to describe the beginning of the problem?

• to make the reader feel sleepy.

• to create suspense and excitement.

• to make the reader learn new vocabulary words.