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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the hangman in Chapter 2?
(a) Farrell Permalee.
(b) Mr. Spotted-Gourd.
(c) George Maledon.
(d) William Waters.

2. What book does Mattie read to Grandma Turner that’s about “a girl in England who could not make up her mind whether to marry a rich man with a pack of dogs named Alec or a preacher” in Chapter 4?
(a) Bess Galloway’s Disappointment.
(b) One of the Pack.
(c) Wolfgang or the Banker.
(d) For Substance or Money.

3. How did Tom Chaney kill Mattie’s father, according to Mattie’s narrative in Chapter 1?
(a) He shot him.
(b) He drowned him.
(c) He strangled him.
(d) He stabbed him.

4. When Mattie is sick in Chapter 4, Mrs. Floyd wraps a rag around her neck that has been soaked in what?
(a) Vick’s salve.
(b) Mint leaves.
(c) Turpentine.
(d) Whiskey.

5. How long does the Indian struggle before he dies in the hanging in Chapter 2?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 10 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mattie says in Chapter 2, “I noticed that the houses in Fort Smith were numbered but it was no city at all compared to” where?

2. The gold pieces that Mattie’s father carried in his clothes were a wedding gift from Mattie’s grandfather named what?

3. 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?

4. What does Mattie name the pony that she buys from Colonel Stonehill in Chapter 5?

5. How much money does Mattie take with her when she and Yarnell go to see about her father’s body in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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