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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Colonel Stonehill tells Mattie in Chapter 5 that Rooster Cogburn “rode by the light of the moon with Quantrill and” who?
(a) Mr. Spotted-Gourd.
(b) John Wesley Hardin.
(c) Bloody Bill Anderson.
(d) Rutherford B. Hayes.

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

3. What is the name of the storekeeper at the riverside store that Mattie, LaBoeuf and Rooster Cogburn stop at with the taunted mule in Chapter 6?
(a) Arnie.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Bagby.
(d) Denny.

4. How much money does Colonel Stonehill agree to give Mattie after haggling with her in Chapter 3?
(a) $325.
(b) $550.
(c) $175.
(d) $420.

5. 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?
(a) “Little Rock.”
(b) “Branson.”
(c) “Memphis.”
(d) “Biloxi.”

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Tom Chaney kill Mattie’s father, according to Mattie’s narrative in Chapter 1?

2. Ranger LaBoeuf tells Mattie in Chapter 4, “Now I am of a mind to give you” what?

3. Where has Lawyer Daggett gone to “try one of his steamboat suits” in the beginning of Chapter 2?

4. Who is the first person Rooster Cogburn recognizes hiding in the dugout in Chapter 6?

5. As he dies, one of the thieves tells Rooster in Chapter 6 that Ned and his gang are planning to rob whom tonight?

(see the answer key)

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