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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mattie describes Rooster Cogburn as “an old one-eyed jasper that was built along the lines of” whom, in Chapter 3?
(a) “Bulldog Smith.”
(b) “Grover Cleveland.”
(c) “Thomas Jefferson.”
(d) “Teddy Roosevelt.”

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

3. Mattie says in Chapter 2, “I thought then and still think that Fort Smith ought to be in” what state, as opposed to Arkansas?
(a) Idaho.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) Wyoming.
(d) Arizona.

4. How much money does Mattie take with her when she and Yarnell go to see about her father’s body in Chapter 2?
(a) $40.
(b) $25.
(c) $100.
(d) $60.

5. Where was Mattie’s father killed, according to the narrative in Chapter 1?
(a) Chicago, Illinois.
(b) Fort Smith, Arkansas.
(c) St Louis, Missouri.
(d) Houston, Texas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mattie describes the undertaker that she and Yarnell go to see about her father’s body as being what in Chapter 2?

2. In his court testimony in Chapter 3, Rooster Cogburn states that who was killed?

3. What newspaper does Mattie mention that publishes a delinquent tax list every year in Chapter 3?

4. 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”?

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

(see the answer key)

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