Vocabulary
A rouge is:
A.) A wolf
B.) A scared being.
C.) A wild being.
D.) Star Wars episode.
A wild being.
The following question is from chapter 7:
How did Travis resolve his conflict with Spot?
He had Old Yeller get into the pen with her in order to keep her tame.
The following question is based off chapter 8:
Infer why Burn Sanderson was not mad that Arliss was throwing rocks at him.
He liked his wild spirit.
The following question is from chapter 7:
How is Spot the heifer described?
She is described as being snaky.
Why does Mama send Arliss to find a green striped lizard?
Mama does not want Arliss to see Yeller in the poor condition that he is in.
What is a synonymn for the word reeling?
Read the sentence below to help you..
Travis was reeling when he fell from the tree.
Spinning, disoriented, stumble
What is the rising action in chapter 12?
The rising action is Mama taking care of everything.
Why did most hog owners keep four or 5 barrows to run with the sows?
The hog owners used the barrows to protect the sows and the little pigs.
The following question is from chapter 9.
Describe the marking that Travis made on the hog ears.
First he folded the right ear and sliced out a three cornered gap in the top side, called an overbite. Then he slashed a long strip that ran straight to the point, called an underslope.
What are the signs that Travis's leg is getting worse?
His leg swells and gets stiff.
What does whetted mean?
To sharpen an object.
Who is the antagonist in chaoter 9?
The hogs/pigs.
The following question is from chapter 10:
"I always liked to go see the far places and strange sights."
What can you infer about Travis based off this?
Travis enjoys traveling and experiencing new things.
The following question is from chapter 10:
How did Travis keep Old Yeller from leaving the rocks while he went back home?
He used a dead mesquite tree to block the entrance.
The following sentence is an example of what kind of figurative language?
It was all swelled up and felt as dead as a chunk of wood.
Simile.
Use the following word in a sentence: HEAVED
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What is the falling action in chapter 10?
A.) Travis falling in to the wild hogs.
B.) Yeller getting hurt by the hogs.
C.) Travis getting Yeller situated and comftorable.
D.) Travis walking back to Birdsong Creek.
C.) Travis getting Yeller situated and comftorable.
The following question is from chapter 11.
Infer why Mama told Arliss to play pretend about Yeller being, "sick."
........ Arliss is young and would become very upset if he knew that Yeller was hurt.
The following question is from chapter 11.
What did Mama do first to help heal Old Yeller's wound?
She had Travis go get a long hair from Jumper's tail, so that she could sew Yeller's belly.
Mama nearly ran herself to death: is an example of what kind of figurative langauge?
Metaphor
Provide an antonymn for the following word: Crowing
Crying
What is the resolution of chapter 11?
The resolution is when they all make it back home.
The following question if from chapter 11:
Infer why Lisbeth was upset that Travis said the pup could belong to little Arliss.
Lisbeth was trying to do something nice for Travis becasue she cares for him, and he dismissed her. He showed her that he did not really care about that puppy.
The following question is from chapter 12.
What prediction did Bud Searcy make?
Did it come true?
That a drouth was coming.
Yes, his prediction came true.
How did Travis react to Bud Searcy visiting and why?
Travis was irritated that Bud Searcy was visiting because he thought he was just going to give mama another job to do.