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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Mattie tell Colonel Stonehill that she wants for “Papa’s saddle horse that was stolen” in Chapter 3?
(a) $300.
(b) $200.
(c) $100.
(d) $500.

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

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

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

5. By what nickname does Mattie refer to Texas in Chapter 1?
(a) The Lone Star State.
(b) The Granite State.
(c) Land of the Midnight Sun.
(d) Big Sky Country.

6. How many men does Rooster Cogburn claim to have killed in his years as a U.S. marshal in Chapter 3?
(a) 58.
(b) 14.
(c) 35.
(d) 23.

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

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

9. The gold pieces that Mattie’s father carried in his clothes were a wedding gift from Mattie’s grandfather named what?
(a) Spurling.
(b) Jerry.
(c) George.
(d) Emmett.

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

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

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

13. Mattie describes Rooster Cogburn as “an old one-eyed jasper that was built along the lines of” whom, in Chapter 3?
(a) “Thomas Jefferson.”
(b) “Bulldog Smith.”
(c) “Teddy Roosevelt.”
(d) “Grover Cleveland.”

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Mattie describes the undertaker that she and Yarnell go to see about her father’s body as being what in Chapter 2?

3. What is Mattie’s sister’s name in the novel?

4. What month was it “when the last of the cotton was sold” in Chapter 1?

5. In what county is Dardanelle located?

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