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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, Yarnell Poindexter later died in the flu epidemic of what year?
(a) 1909.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1897.

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

3. How much money does Colonel Stonehill agree to give Mattie after haggling with her in Chapter 3?
(a) $175.
(b) $325.
(c) $420.
(d) $550.

4. How much cash did Tom Chaney steal from Mattie’s father in addition to the gold coins?
(a) $55.
(b) $150.
(c) $115.
(d) $80.

5. 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.

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

7. 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 Irish Democrats in New York.”
(b) “The carpetbagger Republicans.”
(c) “The Indians and the cowboys.”
(d) “The English Republicans in Chicago.”

8. Where does Mattie tell Rooster Cogburn her mother’s family lives in Chapter 3?
(a) Reno, Nevada.
(b) Monterey, California.
(c) Phoenix, Arizona.
(d) Portland, Oregon.

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

10. Who does the sheriff name as the best tracker and a half-breed Comanche in Chapter 2?
(a) George Garrett.
(b) William Waters.
(c) Little Frank.
(d) Rooster Cogburn.

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

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

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

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

15. What was the name of Mattie’s father?
(a) Frank Ross.
(b) Alfred Ross.
(c) Jacob Ross.
(d) Matthew Ross.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Lawyer Daggett gone to “try one of his steamboat suits” in the beginning of Chapter 2?

2. The sheriff tells Mattie in Chapter 2 that the reason he’s not hunting for Tom Chaney is because he has no authority where and that now Chaney is the business of the U.S. marshals?

3. Mattie says in Chapter 2, “I thought then and still think that Fort Smith ought to be in” what state, as opposed to Arkansas?

4. What animals does Mattie say in Chapter 3 are “all wicked, though often useful”?

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

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