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

3. What animals does Mattie say in Chapter 3 are “all wicked, though often useful”?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Cats.
(c) Rats.
(d) Snakes.

4. What song does the preacher lead the men about to be hung in as Mattie watches in Chapter 2?
(a) Saving Grace.
(b) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.
(c) End of the Road.
(d) Amazing Grace.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much cash did Tom Chaney steal from Mattie’s father in addition to the gold coins?

2. Who does Mattie say “watched all his hangings from an upper window in the Courthouse” in Chapter 2?

3. In his court testimony in Chapter 3, Rooster Cogburn states that he has been a U.S. marshal for almost how many years?

4. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father had how many acres of “good bottom land on the south bank of the Arkansas River?

5. What was the name of the man who kidnapped Yarnell Poindexter and brought him to Arkansas just before the war?

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