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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mattie say the two policemen at the city police station were doing when she and Yarnell arrived to speak with them in Chapter 2?
(a) Drinking coffee.
(b) Having a fistfight.
(c) Playing chess.
(d) Playing cards.

2. For how long does Mattie remain sick and in bed at the Monarch boarding house in Chapter 4?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 2 days.

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

4. Why did Papa take “it in his head to go to Fort Smith” after the last of the cotton was sold, according to Mattie in Chapter 1?
(a) To do some gambling.
(b) To clear his head.
(c) To buy some ponies.
(d) To sell some gold.

5. Mattie describes a noisy boy going through the crowd at the hanging and selling what?
(a) Burgers and fries.
(b) Peanuts and fudge.
(c) Hot dogs and fries.
(d) Popcorn and sodas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mattie claims in Chapter 3, “Papa used to say that the only friends we had down here right after the war were” whom?

2. Who is the first person Rooster Cogburn recognizes hiding in the dugout in Chapter 6?

3. Yarnell Poindexter is described as a freeborn black man from where?

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

5. Which U.S. marshal does the sheriff say in Chapter 2 brings in prisoners alive and “believes even the worst of men is entitled to a fair shake”?

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