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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does the sheriff describe in Chapter 2 as “a pitiless man, double-tough, and fear don't enter into his thinking”?
(a) Owen Hardy.
(b) George Maledon.
(c) Emmett Quincy.
(d) Rooster Cogburn.

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

4. How much money does Mattie take with her when she and Yarnell go to see about her father’s body in Chapter 2?
(a) $25.
(b) $40.
(c) $100.
(d) $60.

5. What is Mattie served for breakfast by Mrs. Floyd in the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Pancakes and bacon.
(b) Grits and an egg.
(c) Oatmeal and berries.
(d) Omelets and trout.

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

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

8. What is Mattie’s sister’s name in the novel?
(a) Melanie.
(b) Mary.
(c) Victoria.
(d) Veronica.

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

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 shot him.
(d) He strangled him.

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

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

13. In his court testimony in Chapter 3, Rooster Cogburn states that who was killed?
(a) Mr. James.
(b) Mr. Spotted-Gourd.
(c) Governor Al Smith.
(d) John Wesley Hardin.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Mattie says in Chapter 3, “You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except” what?

4. In his court testimony in Chapter 3, Rooster Cogburn states that he has been a U.S. marshal for almost how many years?

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

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