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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ranger LaBoeuf tells Mattie in Chapter 4 that she is “very young” and what to boot?
(a) “Unappreciative and cold.”
(b) “Innocent and naïve.”
(c) “Sick and unattractive.”
(d) “Stubborn and foolish.”

2. What is Rooster Cogburn’s real first name in the novel?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Reuben.
(c) Wilfred.
(d) Fabian.

3. Ranger LaBoeuf is looking for Tom Chaney because he killed a senator in Texas named what?
(a) Mr. Adams.
(b) Mr. James.
(c) Mr. Bibbs.
(d) Mr. Jones.

4. Where in Texas did Tom Chaney presumably kill a Texas senator?
(a) Dallas.
(b) Waco.
(c) Austin.
(d) Houston.

5. Around how many people have gathered to attend the hanging in Chapter 2?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 10,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mattie’s sister’s name in the novel?

2. Mattie learns at the Federal Courthouse in Chapter 3 that the head marshal has gone where to deliver prisoners to the house of correction?

3. Mattie says in Chapter 3, “About the only outlaws in our country who ever went to Federal Court were "moonshiners" like” who?

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

5. What song does the preacher lead the men about to be hung in as Mattie watches in Chapter 2?

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