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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mattie says in Chapter 3, “About the only outlaws in our country who ever went to Federal Court were "moonshiners" like” who?
(a) “Jack Ross and the Mallory brothers.”
(b) “Old man Jerry Vick and his boys.”
(c) “James Poindexter and Civil War criminals.”
(d) “Jimmie Jackson and his crew.”

2. Mattie learns at the Federal Courthouse in Chapter 3 that the head marshal has gone where to deliver prisoners to the house of correction?
(a) Chicago, Illinois.
(b) Detroit, Michigan.
(c) Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
(d) Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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

4. 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) Mr. Myers.
(b) William Waters.
(c) Rutherford B. Hayes.
(d) Mr. MacDonald.

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

6. Approximately how much is the charge for embalming and the coffin for Mattie’s father in Chapter 2?
(a) $25.
(b) $40.
(c) $60.
(d) $15.

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

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

9. Mattie says in Chapter 3, “You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except” what?
(a) “The dirt we walk on.”
(b) “The air we breathe.”
(c) “The Grace of God.”
(d) “A mother’s love.”

10. Where was Mattie’s father killed, according to the narrative in Chapter 1?
(a) Fort Smith, Arkansas.
(b) Houston, Texas.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) St Louis, Missouri.

11. 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 Indians and the cowboys.”
(b) “The English Republicans in Chicago.”
(c) “The Irish Democrats in New York.”
(d) “The carpetbagger Republicans.”

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

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

14. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, Yarnell Poindexter later died in the flu epidemic of what year?
(a) 1909.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1897.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. How much money does Mattie take with her when she and Yarnell go to see about her father’s body in Chapter 2?

4. How old is Mattie Ross when she leaves home to avenge her father’s murder in the novel?

5. What is described as the highest point in Arkansas in Chapter 1?

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