6th Reading Street: Old Yeller Study Guide – Flashcards
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The bird's eggs were ____. (spotted)
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speckled
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Tamara ___ her suitcase on the closet floor. (slung)
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threw
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The puppies were ____ in the backyard.
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romping/playing roughly
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The sixth-grade students had become ____. (rowdy)
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disorderly
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The tall man was ____ through the crowd.
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lunging/thrusting himself
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The eraser on my pencil was only a ____.
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nub/small piece
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Why did Mama most likely want Little Arliss to kill snakes?
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He brought home a baby copperhead snake once
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According to Travis, what changed about Arliss after Old Yeller joined the family?
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Arliss started catching different kinds of animals
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What does Little Arliss's version of the blue catfish story reveal?
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he sometimes told lies
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In the story, one night at supper Arliss told the biggest WINDY that Travis had ever heard. What does windy mean?
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a tall tale
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This quotation from the story best creates suspense for the reader:
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"...sent a chill clear through to the marrow of my bones."
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What does the reader learn about Old Yeller when the fight with the bear ended?
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he needed to distract the bear away.
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How does the setting most influence the plot of the story?
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Arliss tries to catch a bear
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What did Travis, when young, have in common with Arliss?
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telling fibs
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What is a fib?
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lie
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This is an example of foreshadowing:
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Arliss tried to catch and keep all living things
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What was probably the author's main reason for writing this story?
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to entertain
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This happened first:
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Travis told whopper
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What was the real reason Travis hushed when mama told him that Arliss had not yet told any lie as big a Travis ever told?
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he knew he could no longer act like he was faultless
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name one way that the time and place in which Travis lived affected him.
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Instead of buying materials at a store to repair a fence, he had to create his own by splitting logs
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What is one lesson the author would like readers to learn from this story?
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people become heroic when someone they love is in danger
