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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men does Rooster Cogburn claim to have killed in his years as a U.S. marshal in Chapter 3?
(a) 58.
(b) 23.
(c) 14.
(d) 35.

2. Yarnell Poindexter is described as a freeborn black man from where?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Montana.
(d) Indiana.

3. What was the name of the man who kidnapped Yarnell Poindexter and brought him to Arkansas just before the war?
(a) Mr. Myers.
(b) Mr. Bloodworth.
(c) Mr. James.
(d) Mr. MacDonald.

4. What kind of gun does Mattie describe Tom Chaney carrying in Chapter 1?
(a) A Henry rifle.
(b) A Winchester rifle.
(c) A Mossberg shotgun.
(d) A Remington revolver.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The gold coins that were stolen from Mattie’s father were from where?

2. By what nickname does Mattie refer to Texas in Chapter 1?

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

4. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, Yarnell Poindexter later died in the flu epidemic of what year?

5. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father had how many acres of “good bottom land on the south bank of the Arkansas River?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Judge Isaac Parker’s appearance and demeanor described when he enters in Chapter 3?

2. Who is the executioner in Chapter 2? How is this character described?

3. How does Mattie describe Stonehill’s stock barn in Chapter 3?

4. What is the principle setting of the story? Where does Mattie’s family live?

5. How is Yarnell Poindexter described in the novel? Why does he accompany Mattie in Chapter 1?

6. How does the sheriff describe L.T. Quinn in Chapter 2?

7. How much does Mattie pay for the embalming and coffin for her father? Why does this distress Yarnell?

8. How is the narrative of True Grit related? Is the story told in first, second or third person? In what tense is the story told?

9. How do Mattie and Yarnell travel to Fort Smith in Chapter 2? How is the journey described?

10. How does Mattie describe the career of Judge Isaac Parker in Chapter 3?

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