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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Mattie share a room with at the Monarch boarding house in Chapter 2?
(a) The Original Greaser Bob.
(b) Grandma Turner.
(c) Harold Permalee.
(d) Theron Chelmsford.

2. What animals does Mattie say in Chapter 3 are “all wicked, though often useful”?
(a) Cats.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Rats.
(d) Snakes.

3. Colonel Stonehill says in Chapter 3, “They told me this town was the be the” what of “the Southwest”?
(a) “Pittsburgh.”
(b) “Memphis.”
(c) “Chicago.”
(d) “Buffalo.”

4. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, Yarnell Poindexter later died in the flu epidemic of what year?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1897.
(d) 1909.

5. In his court testimony in Chapter 3, Rooster Cogburn states that he has been a U.S. marshal for almost how many years?
(a) 7.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 4.

6. What song does the preacher lead the men about to be hung in as Mattie watches in Chapter 2?
(a) End of the Road.
(b) Saving Grace.
(c) Amazing Grace.
(d) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.

7. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father was a church member where?
(a) Crawford Unitarian.
(b) Ouachita Orthodox.
(c) Marion Catholic.
(d) Cumberland Presbyterian.

8. What is described as the highest point in Arkansas in Chapter 1?
(a) Mount Michigan.
(b) Mount McKinley.
(c) Mount Murphy.
(d) Mount Magazine.

9. How much money does Mattie tell Colonel Stonehill that she wants for “Papa’s saddle horse that was stolen” in Chapter 3?
(a) $300.
(b) $100.
(c) $500.
(d) $200.

10. How much does Mattie pay to stay at the Monarch boarding house per night in Chapter 2?
(a) 25 cents.
(b) 45 cents.
(c) 90 cents.
(d) 75 cents.

11. What lawyer’s name does Mattie threaten Colonel Stonehill with in Chapter 3?
(a) Lawyer M. Owen Hardy.
(b) Lawyer T. Emmett Quincy.
(c) Lawyer D. Farrell Permalee.
(d) Lawyer J. Noble Daggett.

12. What is the name of the cat where Rooster Cogburn lives in Chapter 3?
(a) Corporal Jack Bartle.
(b) General Sterling Price.
(c) Governor Al Smith.
(d) Admiral Forest Jacobs.

13. Mattie says in Chapter 3, “You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except” what?
(a) “The Grace of God.”
(b) “The dirt we walk on.”
(c) “The air we breathe.”
(d) “A mother’s love.”

14. What is Mattie’s sister’s name in the novel?
(a) Veronica.
(b) Melanie.
(c) Victoria.
(d) Mary.

15. Who does Mattie say “watched all his hangings from an upper window in the Courthouse” in Chapter 2?
(a) Mr. Burlingame.
(b) Judge Isaac Parker.
(c) George Garrett.
(d) Governor Al Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the Indian struggle before he dies in the hanging in Chapter 2?

2. The sheriff tells Mattie in Chapter 2 that the reason he’s not hunting for Tom Chaney is because he has no authority where and that now Chaney is the business of the U.S. marshals?

3. How much money does Colonel Stonehill agree to give Mattie after haggling with her in Chapter 3?

4. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father was wounded in battle in the “terrible fight at Chickamauga up in the state of” what?

5. What is Mattie served for breakfast by Mrs. Floyd in the beginning of Chapter 3?

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