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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mattie tells Colonel Stonehill in Chapter 3 that her family sold their early cotton in Little Rock to whom?
(a) Marcus Brothers.
(b) Woodson Brothers.
(c) Smith and Sons.
(d) Barnes and Son.

2. By what nickname does Mattie refer to Texas in Chapter 1?
(a) Land of the Midnight Sun.
(b) The Granite State.
(c) Big Sky Country.
(d) The Lone Star State.

3. About how old does Mattie describe Rooster Cogburn as in Chapter 3?
(a) 40.
(b) 33.
(c) 51.
(d) 28.

4. Mattie says in Chapter 3 that Judge Parker died of dropsy in what year?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1896.

5. What was the name of the man who kidnapped Yarnell Poindexter and brought him to Arkansas just before the war?
(a) Mr. Myers.
(b) Mr. Bloodworth.
(c) Mr. MacDonald.
(d) Mr. James.

6. What lawyer’s name does Mattie threaten Colonel Stonehill with in Chapter 3?
(a) Lawyer T. Emmett Quincy.
(b) Lawyer D. Farrell Permalee.
(c) Lawyer J. Noble Daggett.
(d) Lawyer M. Owen Hardy.

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

8. The gold coins that were stolen from Mattie’s father were from where?
(a) California.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Idaho.
(d) Washington.

9. What kind of gun does Mattie describe Tom Chaney carrying in Chapter 1?
(a) A Mossberg shotgun.
(b) A Remington revolver.
(c) A Winchester rifle.
(d) A Henry rifle.

10. 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) $500.
(c) $200.
(d) $100.

11. 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 buy some ponies.
(d) To sell some gold.

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 Irishman.
(b) An Englishman.
(c) A Yankee.
(d) A Scotsman.

13. In his court testimony in Chapter 3, Rooster Cogburn states that he has been a U.S. marshal for almost how many years?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

14. Rooster Cogburn lives in a small room in back of what in Chapter 3?
(a) A church.
(b) A funeral home.
(c) Chinese grocery store.
(d) The town library.

15. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father was a church member where?
(a) Ouachita Orthodox.
(b) Marion Catholic.
(c) Cumberland Presbyterian.
(d) Crawford Unitarian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mattie learns at the Federal Courthouse in Chapter 3 that the head marshal has gone where to deliver prisoners to the house of correction?

2. How much does the shipping cost to send Mattie’s father to Dardanelle in Chapter 2?

3. What newspaper does Mattie mention that publishes a delinquent tax list every year in Chapter 3?

4. How much money does Colonel Stonehill agree to give Mattie after haggling with her in Chapter 3?

5. Mattie says in Chapter 2, “I thought then and still think that Fort Smith ought to be in” what state, as opposed to Arkansas?

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