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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Tom Chaney kill Mattie’s father, according to Mattie’s narrative in Chapter 1?
(a) He stabbed him.
(b) He strangled him.
(c) He shot him.
(d) He drowned him.

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

3. What newspaper does Mattie mention that publishes a delinquent tax list every year in Chapter 3?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Arkansas Gazette.
(c) The Chicago Chronicle.
(d) The Houston Weekly.

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

5. 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) “A mother’s love.”
(c) “The air we breathe.”
(d) “The Grace of God.”

6. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father had how many acres of “good bottom land on the south bank of the Arkansas River?
(a) 480.
(b) 320.
(c) 640.
(d) 160.

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

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

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

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

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

12. Mattie says in Chapter 3 that Judge Parker died of dropsy in what year?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1896.

13. In his court testimony in Chapter 3, Rooster Cogburn states that he was traveling with a wagonload of criminals and how many other deputy marshals when the crime occurred?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The sheriff tells Mattie in Chapter 2 that they think Tom Chaney was in with whose party that robbed a mail hack?

3. Where was Mattie’s father killed, according to the narrative in Chapter 1?

4. Where does Mattie tell Rooster Cogburn her mother’s family lives in Chapter 3?

5. What was the name of Mattie’s father?

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