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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What song does the preacher lead the men about to be hung in as Mattie watches in Chapter 2?
(a) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.
(b) Amazing Grace.
(c) Saving Grace.
(d) End of the Road.

2. 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) “Grover Cleveland.”
(d) “Teddy Roosevelt.”

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

4. About how old does Mattie describe Rooster Cogburn as in Chapter 3?
(a) 40.
(b) 51.
(c) 28.
(d) 33.

5. Where did Yarnell Poindexter later become a prosperous house painter, according to Mattie in Chapter 1?
(a) Detroit, Michigan.
(b) Denver, Colorado.
(c) Memphis, Tennessee.
(d) Dallas, Texas.

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

7. What lawyer’s name does Mattie threaten Colonel Stonehill with in Chapter 3?
(a) Lawyer T. Emmett Quincy.
(b) Lawyer D. Farrell Permalee.
(c) Lawyer M. Owen Hardy.
(d) Lawyer J. Noble Daggett.

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

9. What stock trader does Mattie’s father go to see in Fort Smith in Chapter 1?
(a) Bloody Bill Anderson.
(b) Rooster Cogburn.
(c) Mr. MacDonald.
(d) Colonel Stonehill.

10. 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?
(a) Mattie’s father.
(b) Mattie’s brother.
(c) Mattie’s grandmother.
(d) Mattie’s mother.

11. What is described as the highest point in Arkansas in Chapter 1?
(a) Mount Murphy.
(b) Mount McKinley.
(c) Mount Magazine.
(d) Mount Michigan.

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

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

14. Mattie states in Chapter 1 that Tom Chaney said he was from where?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Utah.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Georgia.

15. 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?
(a) To do some gambling.
(b) To buy some ponies.
(c) To clear his head.
(d) To sell some gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mattie served for breakfast by Mrs. Floyd in the beginning of Chapter 3?

2. Who does Mattie say “watched all his hangings from an upper window in the Courthouse” in Chapter 2?

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

4. How much cash did Tom Chaney steal from Mattie’s father in addition to the gold coins?

5. Mattie learns at the Federal Courthouse in Chapter 3 that the head marshal has gone where to deliver prisoners to the house of correction?

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