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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ranger LaBoeuf is looking for Tom Chaney because he killed a senator in Texas named what?
(a) Mr. Bibbs.
(b) Mr. Jones.
(c) Mr. Adams.
(d) Mr. James.

2. Why did Papa take “it in his head to go to Fort Smith” after the last of the cotton was sold, according to Mattie in Chapter 1?
(a) To do some gambling.
(b) To clear his head.
(c) To sell some gold.
(d) To buy some ponies.

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

4. Where did Yarnell Poindexter later become a prosperous house painter, according to Mattie in Chapter 1?
(a) Denver, Colorado.
(b) Dallas, Texas.
(c) Detroit, Michigan.
(d) Memphis, Tennessee.

5. Who does the sheriff name as the best tracker and a half-breed Comanche in Chapter 2?
(a) George Garrett.
(b) William Waters.
(c) Rooster Cogburn.
(d) Little Frank.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rooster Cogburn arrange in a lariat around his bed in Chapter 6?

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

3. What stock trader does Mattie’s father go to see in Fort Smith in Chapter 1?

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

5. What does Colonel Stonehill refer to Arkansas as in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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