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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how old does Mattie describe Rooster Cogburn as in Chapter 3?
(a) 40.
(b) 28.
(c) 51.
(d) 33.

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

3. When Mattie sends Yarnell back with her father’s body in Chapter 2, she tells him to have who put the body in a better coffin?
(a) Mr. MacDonald.
(b) Mr. Myers.
(c) Rutherford B. Hayes.
(d) William Waters.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mattie says in Chapter 3, “About the only outlaws in our country who ever went to Federal Court were "moonshiners" like” who?

2. How old is Mattie Ross when she leaves home to avenge her father’s murder in the novel?

3. Mattie learns at the Federal Courthouse in Chapter 3 that the head marshal has gone where to deliver prisoners to the house of correction?

4. How much money does Colonel Stonehill agree to give Mattie after haggling with her in Chapter 3?

5. What kind of gun does Mattie describe Tom Chaney carrying in Chapter 1?

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