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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tom Chaney throw at Mattie to disarm her and knock her down when they encounter one another in the woods in Chapter 7?
(a) A boot.
(b) A rock.
(c) A jacket.
(d) A piece of wood.

2. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father had how many acres of “good bottom land on the south bank of the Arkansas River?
(a) 160.
(b) 320.
(c) 640.
(d) 480.

3. Rooster Cogburn lives in a small room in back of what in Chapter 3?
(a) A church.
(b) The town library.
(c) A funeral home.
(d) Chinese grocery store.

4. Mattie sees that Yarnell wants to attend the hanging, so she tells him that they’ll go but won’t tell whom in Chapter 2?
(a) Mattie’s brother.
(b) Mattie’s grandmother.
(c) Mattie’s mother.
(d) Mattie’s father.

5. Who does the sheriff name as the best tracker and a half-breed Comanche in Chapter 2?
(a) William Waters.
(b) George Garrett.
(c) Little Frank.
(d) Rooster Cogburn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rooster Cogburn arrange in a lariat around his bed in Chapter 6?

2. Mattie says in Chapter 4, “I can remember when half the old ladies in the country were” what?

3. What Indian dish is on the fire that looks like hominy at the dugout in Chapter 6?

4. Who does Rooster tell LaBoeuf to go and tell about the Texas Ranger troop instead of him and Mattie in Chapter 6?

5. How old does Mattie describe Tom Chaney as being in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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