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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Playing chess.
(c) Drinking coffee.
(d) Having a fistfight.

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

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

4. What is Rooster Cogburn’s real first name in the novel?
(a) Fabian.
(b) Reuben.
(c) Wilfred.
(d) Arthur.

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

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

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

8. Mattie says of her father in Chapter 1, “His head was full of” what?
(a) “Knowledge.”
(b) “Schemes.”
(c) “Compassion.”
(d) “Bad jokes.”

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

10. How old is Mattie Ross when she leaves home to avenge her father’s murder in the novel?
(a) 17.
(b) 14.
(c) 20.
(d) 12.

11. Mattie describes the undertaker that she and Yarnell go to see about her father’s body as being what in Chapter 2?
(a) An Irishman.
(b) A Scotsman.
(c) A Yankee.
(d) An Englishman.

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

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

14. 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.

15. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father was wounded in battle in the “terrible fight at Chickamauga up in the state of” what?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. About how old does Mattie describe Rooster Cogburn as in Chapter 3?

3. Mattie tells Colonel Stonehill in Chapter 3 that her family sold their early cotton in Little Rock to whom?

4. What song does the preacher lead the men about to be hung in as Mattie watches in Chapter 2?

5. How much money does Mattie tell Colonel Stonehill that she wants for “Papa’s saddle horse that was stolen” in Chapter 3?

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