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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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”?
(a) L.T. Quinn.
(b) Jerry Vick.
(c) Mr. James.
(d) Emmett Quincy.

2. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father was a church member where?
(a) Crawford Unitarian.
(b) Cumberland Presbyterian.
(c) Ouachita Orthodox.
(d) Marion Catholic.

3. What is the name of the hangman in Chapter 2?
(a) Mr. Spotted-Gourd.
(b) George Maledon.
(c) Farrell Permalee.
(d) William Waters.

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 buy some ponies.
(c) To clear his head.
(d) To sell some gold.

5. What is described as the highest point in Arkansas in Chapter 1?
(a) Mount Michigan.
(b) Mount McKinley.
(c) Mount Murphy.
(d) Mount Magazine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mattie tells Colonel Stonehill in Chapter 3 that her family sold their early cotton in Little Rock to whom?

2. What is Rooster Cogburn’s real first name in the novel?

3. Who does Mattie share a room with at the Monarch boarding house in Chapter 2?

4. Approximately how much is the charge for embalming and the coffin for Mattie’s father in Chapter 2?

5. Mattie says in Chapter 3 that Judge Parker died of dropsy in what year?

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