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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the hangman in Chapter 2?
(a) George Maledon.
(b) Farrell Permalee.
(c) Mr. Spotted-Gourd.
(d) William Waters.

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

4. 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.”

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

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

7. 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) Minneapolis, Minnesota.
(b) Detroit, Michigan.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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

9. 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) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 7.

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

11. What does Mattie say the two policemen at the city police station were doing when she and Yarnell arrived to speak with them in Chapter 2?
(a) Playing cards.
(b) Drinking coffee.
(c) Playing chess.
(d) Having a fistfight.

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

13. 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) Arizona.
(d) Idaho.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The gold coins that were stolen from Mattie’s father were from where?

2. 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?

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

4. What lawyer’s name does Mattie threaten Colonel Stonehill with in Chapter 3?

5. Mattie says in Chapter 3 that Judge Parker died of dropsy in what year?

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