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

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) 14.
(b) 35.
(c) 23.
(d) 58.

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

3. How old is Mattie Ross when she leaves home to avenge her father’s murder in the novel?
(a) 17.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 20.

4. Mattie sees that Yarnell wants to attend the hanging, so she tells him that they’ll go but won’t tell whom in Chapter 2?
(a) Mattie’s mother.
(b) Mattie’s grandmother.
(c) Mattie’s father.
(d) Mattie’s brother.

5. 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) Arizona.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) Idaho.
(d) Wyoming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stock trader does Mattie’s father go to see in Fort Smith in Chapter 1?

2. How much does Mattie pay to stay at the Monarch boarding house per night in Chapter 2?

3. Colonel Stonehill says in Chapter 3, “They told me this town was the be the” what of “the Southwest”?

4. How much does the shipping cost to send Mattie’s father to Dardanelle in Chapter 2?

5. What is the name of the hangman in Chapter 2?

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