Old Yeller

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Old Yeller

• Study Guide

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Vocabulary Chapters 1-3

• 1) reservations a tract of public land set
  aside for American Indians
• 2) frontier undeveloped or unexplored lands in
  western U.S. in 1800s
• 3) howling loud, wailing cry
• 4) solemn very serious

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Ch. 1- 3

• 5) scythe tool used for cutting crops or grass
  has a long curved blade and a long bent handle
• 6) writhing to twist or squirm, like in pain
• 7) mesquite small shrubs or trees in southwest
  U.S.
• 8) sprout a young plant growth or to cause to
  grow

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Ch. 1 - 3

• 9) britches pants extending to the knee or just
  below the knee
• 10) mane long hair along the top and sides of
  the neck (like on a horse)
• 11) corn-shuck
• 12) middling pork or bacon cut from between the
  ham and shoulder of a pig of medium size, average

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Ch. 1-3

• 13) frazzled a frayed or tattered condition
• 14) gnawed to bite or chew on with the teeth
• 15) rind tough outer covering, like on cheese,
  bacon, or fruit
• 16) bellering the bellowing or baying cry of
  certain animals, like a beagle on the hunt
• 17) clout to patch or bandage a piece of cloth
  used for mending a blow with the fist

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Ch. 1 - 3

• 18) whetted to stimulate, make more keen to
  sharpen (like a knife)
• 19) roan describing horses coat with thickly
  sprinkled white or gray hair
• 20) baying deep, prolonged barking, especially
  of hounds closing in on prey
• 21) sulked like pouting, to be withdrawn in
  silent protest or resentment
• 22) venison deer meat

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Ch. 1- 3

• 23) brand mark indicating ownership, burned on
  hide of animal with hot iron notches cut in
  pigs ears
• 24) depredations to prey upon to commit
  plunder
• 25) dingy dirty darkened with smoke grime
  worn and shabby
• 26) fierce violent savage to be feared
• 27) gnarled knotty (like branches) rugged

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Ch. 1- 3

• 28) plunder to steal
• 29) trifled speak or act with little
  seriousness to handle things idly
• 30) withers high point of the back of a horse,
  between the base of the neck the shoulder
  blades
• 31) varmints animal considered undesirable or
  troublesome

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Vocabulary Practice

• 1) The horse _____________ when we approached
  with the food.
• 2) He went to the corner and _________ when he
  did not get his way.
• 3) Our cattle ________ has a W and a V on it.
• 4) Mother made stew out of __________ and
  potatoes.
• 5) You can trip over the _________ roots of
  trees.

Words to use brand brayed sulked
gnarled venison
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Vocabulary Practice

• 6) My father said it was okay to kill
  ____________ because they caused so much trouble.
• 7) I tore a hole in the knee of my __________
  when I fell down.
• 8) Some animals like raccoons will ___________
  food.
• 9) The wolf was hungry and very ___________.
• 10) I rubbed the horse on its ____________.

Words to use withers britches
varmints plunder fierce
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Old Yeller Reader ResponseChoose one of the
topics below and give your answer in a paragraph.

• 1 - Farm life is different than living in the
  city, whether over 100 years ago or now. What is
  special about living on a farm? List at least 4
  details.
• 2 - Travis feels that because he is 14 years old,
  he should not cry when his father leaves. Is it
  okay for a boy to cry when he feels like it? Why
  or why not?
• 3 Was it fair for the father to leave Travis
  with so much responsibility? Was he asking too
  much of a 14-year-old?

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Comprehension QuestionsChapters 1 - 3

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