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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) “A mother’s love.”
(c) “The air we breathe.”
(d) “The dirt we walk on.”

3. What month was it “when the last of the cotton was sold” in Chapter 1?
(a) September.
(b) November.
(c) February.
(d) May.

4. What stock trader does Mattie’s father go to see in Fort Smith in Chapter 1?
(a) Rooster Cogburn.
(b) Mr. MacDonald.
(c) Bloody Bill Anderson.
(d) Colonel Stonehill.

5. The gold coins that were stolen from Mattie’s father were from where?
(a) Washington.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Idaho.
(d) California.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father was a church member where?

2. What lawyer’s name does Mattie threaten Colonel Stonehill with in Chapter 3?

3. How far does Mattie say the distance was between their family stead and Fort Smith, Arkansas, in Chapter 1?

4. According to Ranger LaBoeuf’s papers in Chapter 4, he works out of a place called Ysleta outside of what Texas city?

5. How old is Mattie Ross when she leaves home to avenge her father’s murder in the novel?

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