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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mattie says in Chapter 3, “About the only outlaws in our country who ever went to Federal Court were "moonshiners" like” who?
(a) “Jimmie Jackson and his crew.”
(b) “Jack Ross and the Mallory brothers.”
(c) “Old man Jerry Vick and his boys.”
(d) “James Poindexter and Civil War criminals.”

2. 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 English Republicans in Chicago.”
(b) “The Indians and the cowboys.”
(c) “The carpetbagger Republicans.”
(d) “The Irish Democrats in New York.”

3. Around how many people have gathered to attend the hanging in Chapter 2?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 500.

4. The sheriff tells Mattie in Chapter 2 that they think Tom Chaney was in with whose party that robbed a mail hack?
(a) Bloody Bill Anderson’s party.
(b) L.T. Quinn’s party.
(c) Lucky Ned Pepper’s party.
(d) Mr. Bloodworth’s party.

5. What month was it “when the last of the cotton was sold” in Chapter 1?
(a) February.
(b) May.
(c) September.
(d) November.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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 old does Mattie describe Tom Chaney as being in Chapter 1?

5. Rooster Cogburn lives in a small room in back of what in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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