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Old Yeller: Chapter 4

BULL FIGHT

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1. "Mama's face was white as a bed sheet." (43)

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Explain the figurative language in this sentence. 

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2. Explain momma's solution to the bull fight.  What did she want Travis to do about it? Why did Travis think this was a good idea?

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3. Explain what Travis ended up doing to stop the bulls from "tearing up everything they had."

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4. Explain the "freak accident." (45-48)

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5. Infer what Old Yeller may have been thinking when he saw Travis with the bullwhip?

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6. Why do you think Travis liked to watch animals fight?

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Vocabulary 

 

clamoring (37)

knoll (38) 

tallow (38)

astride (42)

lunged (42)

Careened (46)

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