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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Rooster Cogburn tell the boys to claim cut Mr. Simmons’s mule loose in Chapter 6?
(a) Mr. James.
(b) Mr. Bibbs.
(c) Mr. Myers.
(d) Mr. Burlingame.

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

3. Of what does Ranger LaBoeuf say in Chapter 4 that it “is sordid and dangerous and is best left in the hands of men who know the work”?
(a) “Jury trials.”
(b) “Executions.”
(c) “Criminal investigation.”
(d) “Bank robberies.”

4. How many officers does Mattie tell Tom Chaney are up on the hill to take him when they face off in Chapter 7?
(a) 20.
(b) 50.
(c) 30.
(d) 12.

5. In Mattie’s letter from Lawyer Daggett in Chapter 5, he tells her that who is “down with an earache”?
(a) Katy Flyer.
(b) Little Frank.
(c) Moon.
(d) Victoria.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Mattie pay for one of Colonel Stonehill’s ponies in Chapter 5?

2. How many times does Mattie say her revolver misfired when she tried to kill Chaney in Chapter 7?

3. Mattie says in Chapter 3 that Judge Parker died of dropsy in what year?

4. 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?

5. In Mattie’s letter from Lawyer Daggett in Chapter 5, he relates that who was pressed into service to preach at Mattie’s father’s funeral?

(see the answer key)

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