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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mattie is sick in Chapter 4, Mrs. Floyd gives her what medication?
(a) Dr. Underwood’s Bile Activator.
(b) Dr. Arnold’s Nerve Tonic.
(c) Cowboy Jack’s Opiate Slurry.
(d) Pastor Stephen’s Cure All.

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

3. Who is the first person Rooster Cogburn recognizes hiding in the dugout in Chapter 6?
(a) L.T. Quinn.
(b) Emmett Quincy.
(c) George Garrett.
(d) Lucky Ned Pepper.

4. 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) Wolfgang or the Banker.
(b) One of the Pack.
(c) For Substance or Money.
(d) Bess Galloway’s Disappointment.

5. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father had how many acres of “good bottom land on the south bank of the Arkansas River?
(a) 320.
(b) 640.
(c) 160.
(d) 480.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what nickname does Mattie refer to Texas in Chapter 1?

2. For how long does Mattie remain sick and in bed at the Monarch boarding house in Chapter 4?

3. How far does Mattie say the distance was between their family stead and Fort Smith, Arkansas, in Chapter 1?

4. Where does Mattie say her father took her and her brother coon hunting last summer in Chapter 5?

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

(see the answer key)

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