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

3. The gold coins that were stolen from Mattie’s father were from where?
(a) Idaho.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Washington.
(d) California.

4. Who does the sheriff describe in Chapter 2 as “a pitiless man, double-tough, and fear don't enter into his thinking”?
(a) Rooster Cogburn.
(b) Emmett Quincy.
(c) George Maledon.
(d) Owen Hardy.

5. Mattie claims in Chapter 3, “Papa used to say that the only friends we had down here right after the war were” whom?
(a) “The carpetbagger Republicans.”
(b) “The Indians and the cowboys.”
(c) “The English Republicans in Chicago.”
(d) “The Irish Democrats in New York.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The sheriff tells Mattie in Chapter 2 that the reason he’s not hunting for Tom Chaney is because he has no authority where and that now Chaney is the business of the U.S. marshals?

2. In his court testimony in Chapter 3, Rooster Cogburn states that he was traveling with a wagonload of criminals and how many other deputy marshals when the crime occurred?

3. What month was it “when the last of the cotton was sold” in Chapter 1?

4. Mattie says in Chapter 2, “I thought then and still think that Fort Smith ought to be in” what state, as opposed to Arkansas?

5. Mattie says in Chapter 3, “You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except” what?

(see the answer key)

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