Vocabulary Words
Setting
Main Characters
100
A young female cow that has not had any babies.
What is the meaning of a heifer?
100
Papa left in the beginning of the book.
What time in the book did Papa leave?
100
There was Old Yeller, Travis, Little Arliss, Mama, Papa, Burn Sanderson, and Lisbeth Sanderson.
Who were all the main characters in Old Yeller?
200
A disease, much like rabies, that brings death.
What is hydrophobia?
200
Little Arliss loved Old Yeller before Travis did.
Did Travis or Little Arliss love Old Yeller first?
200
Old Yeller is the most popular character.
Who is the main character in the book?
300
A tall tree of the mahogany family, grows yellow berries.
What is a chinaberry?
300
Travis and Old Yeller saw the bulls' fight before they marked Travis's hogs.
Did Travis and Old Yeller see the bulls fighting or did the mark Travis's hogs first?
300
Little Arliss always does this.
Who always swam in Travis and his family's water hole?
400
This is a red or orange fruit that grows on cacti.
What is prickly pear?
400
Travis and his family saw the bulls' fight on their front porch, and inside some of the time.
Where did Travis and his family see the bulls' fight?
400
When people think of ______they think of bravery, intelligence and loyalty.
What do people think of when they think of Old Yeller?
500
This is an American vulture or hawk like bird with very broad wings and shoulders.
What are buzzards?
500
Travis was scared that Old Yeller would get hydrophobia when he heard about it.
When Travis learned about hydrophobia, from Burn Sanderson, was he really scared that Old Yeller would get it?
500
Old Yeller and Travis do things together, hang-out together, and support eachother.
What makes Old Yeller and Travis have a great bond?
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