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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what nickname does Mattie refer to Texas in Chapter 1?
(a) The Lone Star State.
(b) Land of the Midnight Sun.
(c) Big Sky Country.
(d) The Granite State.

2. How much money does Mattie take with her when she and Yarnell go to see about her father’s body in Chapter 2?
(a) $40.
(b) $25.
(c) $100.
(d) $60.

3. The gold pieces that Mattie’s father carried in his clothes were a wedding gift from Mattie’s grandfather named what?
(a) Spurling.
(b) Emmett.
(c) George.
(d) Jerry.

4. How far does Mattie say the distance was between their family stead and Fort Smith, Arkansas, in Chapter 1?
(a) 45 miles.
(b) 70 miles.
(c) 25 miles.
(d) 120 miles.

5. How old does Mattie describe Tom Chaney as being in Chapter 1?
(a) 22.
(b) 25.
(c) 17.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the cat where Rooster Cogburn lives in Chapter 3?

2. Colonel Stonehill says in Chapter 3, “They told me this town was the be the” what of “the Southwest”?

3. Where in Texas did Tom Chaney presumably kill a Texas senator?

4. The sheriff tells Mattie in Chapter 2 that they think Tom Chaney was in with whose party that robbed a mail hack?

5. When Mattie is sick in Chapter 4, Mrs. Floyd gives her what medication?

(see the answer key)

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