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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Mattie pay to stay at the Monarch boarding house per night in Chapter 2?
(a) 45 cents.
(b) 90 cents.
(c) 75 cents.
(d) 25 cents.

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

3. Mattie claims in Chapter 3, “Papa used to say that the only friends we had down here right after the war were” whom?
(a) “The English Republicans in Chicago.”
(b) “The Irish Democrats in New York.”
(c) “The Indians and the cowboys.”
(d) “The carpetbagger Republicans.”

4. Who does Mattie say “watched all his hangings from an upper window in the Courthouse” in Chapter 2?
(a) Judge Isaac Parker.
(b) Mr. Burlingame.
(c) George Garrett.
(d) Governor Al Smith.

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

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

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

8. What was the name of Mattie’s father?
(a) Matthew Ross.
(b) Jacob Ross.
(c) Alfred Ross.
(d) Frank Ross.

9. Mattie describes Rooster Cogburn as “an old one-eyed jasper that was built along the lines of” whom, in Chapter 3?
(a) “Bulldog Smith.”
(b) “Thomas Jefferson.”
(c) “Teddy Roosevelt.”
(d) “Grover Cleveland.”

10. Mattie says in Chapter 2, “I thought then and still think that Fort Smith ought to be in” what state, as opposed to Arkansas?
(a) Idaho.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) Wyoming.

11. What animals does Mattie say in Chapter 3 are “all wicked, though often useful”?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Cats.
(d) Rats.

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

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

14. Mattie says of her father in Chapter 1, “His head was full of” what?
(a) “Schemes.”
(b) “Bad jokes.”
(c) “Compassion.”
(d) “Knowledge.”

15. How much money does Colonel Stonehill agree to give Mattie after haggling with her in Chapter 3?
(a) $420.
(b) $175.
(c) $550.
(d) $325.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Mattie’s father killed, according to the narrative in Chapter 1?

2. Colonel Stonehill says in Chapter 3, “They told me this town was the be the” what of “the Southwest”?

3. Who does the sheriff name as the best tracker and a half-breed Comanche in Chapter 2?

4. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, Yarnell Poindexter later died in the flu epidemic of what year?

5. What song does the preacher lead the men about to be hung in as Mattie watches in Chapter 2?

(see the answer keys)

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