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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which U.S. marshal does the sheriff say in Chapter 2 brings in prisoners alive and “believes even the worst of men is entitled to a fair shake”?
(a) Jerry Vick.
(b) Mr. James.
(c) Emmett Quincy.
(d) L.T. Quinn.

2. What song does the preacher lead the men about to be hung in as Mattie watches in Chapter 2?
(a) End of the Road.
(b) Saving Grace.
(c) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.
(d) Amazing Grace.

3. Around how many people have gathered to attend the hanging in Chapter 2?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 10,000.

4. Yarnell Poindexter is described as a freeborn black man from where?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Montana.
(d) Indiana.

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

6. How much does the shipping cost to send Mattie’s father to Dardanelle in Chapter 2?
(a) $5.25.
(b) $2.75.
(c) $9.50.
(d) $14.00.

7. In what county is Dardanelle located?
(a) Independence County.
(b) Hot Spring County.
(c) Hempstead County.
(d) Yell County.

8. What is the name of the cat where Rooster Cogburn lives in Chapter 3?
(a) Admiral Forest Jacobs.
(b) General Sterling Price.
(c) Governor Al Smith.
(d) Corporal Jack Bartle.

9. What stock trader does Mattie’s father go to see in Fort Smith in Chapter 1?
(a) Bloody Bill Anderson.
(b) Mr. MacDonald.
(c) Colonel Stonehill.
(d) Rooster Cogburn.

10. What is described as the highest point in Arkansas in Chapter 1?
(a) Mount Michigan.
(b) Mount Murphy.
(c) Mount McKinley.
(d) Mount Magazine.

11. The gold pieces that Mattie’s father carried in his clothes were a wedding gift from Mattie’s grandfather named what?
(a) George.
(b) Spurling.
(c) Jerry.
(d) Emmett.

12. Mattie describes the undertaker that she and Yarnell go to see about her father’s body as being what in Chapter 2?
(a) An Englishman.
(b) A Yankee.
(c) An Irishman.
(d) A Scotsman.

13. Mattie states in Chapter 1 that Tom Chaney said he was from where?
(a) Utah.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Tennessee.

14. How much money does Mattie tell Colonel Stonehill that she wants for “Papa’s saddle horse that was stolen” in Chapter 3?
(a) $300.
(b) $200.
(c) $100.
(d) $500.

15. The sheriff tells Mattie in Chapter 2 that the reason he’s not hunting for Tom Chaney is because he has no authority where and that now Chaney is the business of the U.S. marshals?
(a) The State of Texas.
(b) Hot Spring County.
(c) The Indian Nation.
(d) In a National Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. The sheriff tells Mattie in Chapter 2 that they think Tom Chaney was in with whose party that robbed a mail hack?

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

3. 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?

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

5. In his court testimony in Chapter 3, Rooster Cogburn states that he was traveling with a wagonload of criminals and how many other deputy marshals when the crime occurred?

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