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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

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

4. How much does Mattie pay to stay at the Monarch boarding house per night in Chapter 2?
(a) 45 cents.
(b) 25 cents.
(c) 75 cents.
(d) 90 cents.

5. Around how many people have gathered to attend the hanging in Chapter 2?
(a) 500.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 10,000.

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

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

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

9. 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) $500.
(d) $100.

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

11. Mattie claims in Chapter 3, “Papa used to say that the only friends we had down here right after the war were” whom?
(a) “The English Republicans in Chicago.”
(b) “The Irish Democrats in New York.”
(c) “The Indians and the cowboys.”
(d) “The carpetbagger Republicans.”

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

13. 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) 160.
(c) 640.
(d) 320.

14. 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 chess.
(b) Having a fistfight.
(c) Playing cards.
(d) Drinking coffee.

15. The sheriff tells Mattie in Chapter 2 that they think Tom Chaney was in with whose party that robbed a mail hack?
(a) L.T. Quinn’s party.
(b) Mr. Bloodworth’s party.
(c) Bloody Bill Anderson’s party.
(d) Lucky Ned Pepper’s party.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How old does Mattie describe Tom Chaney as being in Chapter 1?

4. What is the name of the cat where Rooster Cogburn lives in Chapter 3?

5. In what county is Dardanelle located?

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