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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What month was it “when the last of the cotton was sold” in Chapter 1?
(a) May.
(b) September.
(c) February.
(d) November.

2. 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) Emmett Quincy.
(b) L.T. Quinn.
(c) Mr. James.
(d) Jerry Vick.

3. The sheriff tells Mattie in Chapter 2 that they think Tom Chaney was in with whose party that robbed a mail hack?
(a) Lucky Ned Pepper’s party.
(b) L.T. Quinn’s party.
(c) Mr. Bloodworth’s party.
(d) Bloody Bill Anderson’s party.

4. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father had how many acres of “good bottom land on the south bank of the Arkansas River?
(a) 320.
(b) 160.
(c) 640.
(d) 480.

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

6. 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.

7. How far does Mattie say the distance was between their family stead and Fort Smith, Arkansas, in Chapter 1?
(a) 70 miles.
(b) 120 miles.
(c) 25 miles.
(d) 45 miles.

8. 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) Wyoming.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Idaho.

9. 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) “Jimmie Jackson and his crew.”
(c) “Jack Ross and the Mallory brothers.”
(d) “Old man Jerry Vick and his boys.”

10. How did Tom Chaney kill Mattie’s father, according to Mattie’s narrative in Chapter 1?
(a) He drowned him.
(b) He stabbed him.
(c) He strangled him.
(d) He shot him.

11. Who does Mattie share a room with at the Monarch boarding house in Chapter 2?
(a) Grandma Turner.
(b) The Original Greaser Bob.
(c) Harold Permalee.
(d) Theron Chelmsford.

12. 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 Indians and the cowboys.”
(c) “The carpetbagger Republicans.”
(d) “The Irish Democrats in New York.”

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

14. How old does Mattie describe Tom Chaney as being in Chapter 1?
(a) 25.
(b) 17.
(c) 22.
(d) 19.

15. When Mattie sends Yarnell back with her father’s body in Chapter 2, she tells him to have who put the body in a better coffin?
(a) Rutherford B. Hayes.
(b) Mr. Myers.
(c) Mr. MacDonald.
(d) William Waters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mattie sees that Yarnell wants to attend the hanging, so she tells him that they’ll go but won’t tell whom in Chapter 2?

2. About how old does Mattie describe Rooster Cogburn as in Chapter 3?

3. Rooster Cogburn lives in a small room in back of what in Chapter 3?

4. Around how many people have gathered to attend the hanging in Chapter 2?

5. How many men does Rooster Cogburn claim to have killed in his years as a U.S. marshal in Chapter 3?

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