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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Mattie’s letter from Lawyer Daggett in Chapter 5, he tells her that who is “down with an earache”?
(a) Katy Flyer.
(b) Moon.
(c) Little Frank.
(d) Victoria.

2. What Indian dish is on the fire that looks like hominy at the dugout in Chapter 6?
(a) Sofky.
(b) Venison stew.
(c) Acorn mash.
(d) Tofu.

3. Mattie says in Chapter 5 that men will live like what “if they are left alone”?
(a) Marmots.
(b) Billy goats.
(c) Catfish.
(d) Otters.

4. What does Colonel Stonehill refer to Arkansas as in Chapter 5?
(a) “The Peach State.”
(b) “The Land of Lincoln.”
(c) “The Bear State.”
(d) “The Show Me State.”

5. Mattie compares the mark on Tom Chaney’s face with whose in Chapter 4?
(a) Jesus’.
(b) Cain’s.
(c) Moses’.
(d) Noah’s.

6. Ranger LaBoeuf tells Mattie that Tom Chaney’s real name is what in Chapter 4?
(a) Theron Chelmsford.
(b) Emmett Quincy.
(c) Sterling Price.
(d) Owen Hardy.

7. What is the name of the storekeeper at the riverside store that Mattie, LaBoeuf and Rooster Cogburn stop at with the taunted mule in Chapter 6?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Arnie.
(c) Denny.
(d) Bagby.

8. How many horses do one of the thieves tell Rooster Ned requested at the dugout in Chapter 6?
(a) 9.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

9. When Mattie and Ranger LaBoeuf get into a disagreement in Chapter 4, Mattie tells him, “I will not be” what?
(a) “Corrected.”
(b) “Bullied.”
(c) “Lied to.”
(d) “Embarrassed.”

10. Ranger LaBoeuf tells Mattie in Chapter 4, “Now I am of a mind to give you” what?
(a) “A toss in the river.”
(b) “Five or six good licks with my belt.”
(c) “A bottle of whiskey.”
(d) “A crack with my whip.”

11. As he dies, one of the thieves tells Rooster in Chapter 6 that Ned and his gang are planning to rob whom tonight?
(a) Emmett Quincy.
(b) John Wesley Hardin.
(c) Katy Flyer.
(d) Judge Isaac Parker.

12. Why does Rooster Cogburn arrange in a lariat around his bed in Chapter 6?
(a) To confuse the ants.
(b) To scare off mice.
(c) To thwart off snakes.
(d) To reflect the moonlight.

13. Of whom does Mattie say in Chapter 4, that she knows he “is ‘wet’ but that is because of his race and religion and he is not personally accountable for that”?
(a) Governor Mike Nichols.
(b) Governor James Wilson.
(c) Governor Al Smith.
(d) Governor Jim Jackson.

14. How far away is the location that Rooster Cogburn wants to go to find Ned Pepper’s band after crossing the river by the store in Chapter 6?
(a) 50 miles.
(b) 25 miles.
(c) 15 miles.
(d) 60 miles.

15. How does Mattie get across the river when she has been barred from the ferry in Chapter 5?
(a) She borrows a boat.
(b) She rides across on her horse.
(c) She crosses a bridge upstream.
(d) She swims.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ranger LaBoeuf is looking for Tom Chaney because he killed a senator in Texas named what?

2. What character has been shot that is hiding out in the dugout in Chapter 6?

3. Who does Rooster Cogburn tell the boys to claim cut Mr. Simmons’s mule loose in Chapter 6?

4. About how old are the boys that are taunting the poor mule at the store in Chapter 6?

5. According to Mattie in Chapter 5, “Papa would not own a horse with more than one” what?

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