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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mattie served for breakfast by Mrs. Floyd in the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Pancakes and bacon.
(b) Omelets and trout.
(c) Oatmeal and berries.
(d) Grits and an egg.

2. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father had how many acres of “good bottom land on the south bank of the Arkansas River?
(a) 160.
(b) 640.
(c) 320.
(d) 480.

3. How many men does Rooster Cogburn claim to have killed in his years as a U.S. marshal in Chapter 3?
(a) 35.
(b) 23.
(c) 14.
(d) 58.

4. What does Mattie say the two policemen at the city police station were doing when she and Yarnell arrived to speak with them in Chapter 2?
(a) Playing cards.
(b) Drinking coffee.
(c) Having a fistfight.
(d) Playing chess.

5. What lawyer’s name does Mattie threaten Colonel Stonehill with in Chapter 3?
(a) Lawyer J. Noble Daggett.
(b) Lawyer T. Emmett Quincy.
(c) Lawyer M. Owen Hardy.
(d) Lawyer D. Farrell Permalee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mattie tell Rooster Cogburn her mother’s family lives in Chapter 3?

2. What is Mattie’s sister’s name in the novel?

3. What is the name of the cat where Rooster Cogburn lives in Chapter 3?

4. Who does the sheriff describe in Chapter 2 as “a pitiless man, double-tough, and fear don't enter into his thinking”?

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

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