Let’s Take a Few to Review Old Yeller By: Fred Gibson

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Why did Mama MOST LIKELY want Little Arliss to kill snakes?

What does Little Arliss’s version of the blue catfish story reveal?

Be able to identify a quotation that creates suspense for the reader.

How does the setting MOST influence the plot of the story?

Be able to identify an example of foreshadowing from the story.

Be familiar with the sequence of events in the story. *HINT* The story talks about when Travis was younger and compares his actions to those of Arliss. The actions of Travis will be placed BEFORE any of the other actions in the story when figuring out the sequence of events.

According to Travis, what changed about Arliss after Old Yeller joined the family?

In the story, one night at supper Arliss told the biggest windy that Travis had ever heard. What is a windy?

What does the reader learn about Old Yeller when the fight with the bear ended?

What did Travis, when young, have in common with Arliss?

What was probably the author’s MAIN reason for writing this story?

Good Luck on your Test!!

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