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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father was wounded in battle in the “terrible fight at Chickamauga up in the state of” what?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Illinois.

2. How far away is the location that Rooster Cogburn wants to go to find Ned Pepper’s band after crossing the river by the store in Chapter 6?
(a) 60 miles.
(b) 50 miles.
(c) 25 miles.
(d) 15 miles.

3. In the faceoff with Rooster Cogburn in Chapter 7, who among Ned’s gang “rode wider than the others and he lay flat on his horse and escaped clear with his winnings”?
(a) Pig Satterfield.
(b) Jerry Vick.
(c) The Original Greaser Bob.
(d) Bloody Bill Anderson.

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

5. Where does Ned promise to meet Tom Chaney and give him his share of the loot in Chapter 7?
(a) “The Old Place.”
(b) “The House on the Hill.”
(c) “The Little Cottage.”
(d) “The Lowland Motel.”

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Tom Chaney throw at Mattie to disarm her and knock her down when they encounter one another in the woods in Chapter 7?

4. What ghost story does Mattie suggest telling around the campfire in Chapter 6?

5. In his court testimony in Chapter 3, Rooster Cogburn states that who was killed?

(see the answer key)

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