1. Explain how Travis and Mama solved the problem of the thief.  What does this say about Old Yeller? Think deeply.  

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2. Think for a moment... Travis and Old Yeller sleep in the corn patch every night.  What could possibly be so important about corn that Travis would sleep outside in the night air with his dog?  Explain why they are there.

 

3. Travis talks about what protecting the bread corn would be like without the dog. Explain how he feels it would be different.  What realization does he make as he considers life without the dog?  Think deeply.  83-85

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4. Explain why the family needs to milk 5 or 6 cows to get enough to feed just their family of 4? 

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5. Explain how Old Yeller helped Travis with Spot. 

 

6. Read the last paragraph of Chapter 7 again. This is foreshadowing. How does it make you , as the reader, feel?  (90) 

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