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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Mattie say that Rooster Cogburn has gone when she speaks with Ranger LaBoeuf at the boarding house in Chapter 4?
(a) Tallahassee.
(b) Knoxville.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Little Rock.

2. What does the Indian wife at the store cook for Mattie, LaBoeuf and Rooster Cogburn for dinner in Chapter 6?
(a) Trout.
(b) Pork chops.
(c) Catfish.
(d) Chicken.

3. Ranger LaBoeuf is looking for Tom Chaney because he killed a senator in Texas named what?
(a) Mr. Adams.
(b) Mr. James.
(c) Mr. Jones.
(d) Mr. Bibbs.

4. 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) Judge Isaac Parker.
(d) Katy Flyer.

5. Who is the first person Rooster Cogburn recognizes hiding in the dugout in Chapter 6?
(a) L.T. Quinn.
(b) Emmett Quincy.
(c) Lucky Ned Pepper.
(d) George Garrett.

6. Of what does Ranger LaBoeuf say in Chapter 4 that it “is sordid and dangerous and is best left in the hands of men who know the work”?
(a) “Criminal investigation.”
(b) “Executions.”
(c) “Bank robberies.”
(d) “Jury trials.”

7. Who does Rooster Cogburn tell Mattie is “fixing the eats” for their trip in Chapter 5?
(a) Grandma Turner.
(b) Mattie’s mother.
(c) Victoria.
(d) Potter’s wife.

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

9. What kind of meat has Rooster Cogburn brought along for the “grub” in Chapter 6?
(a) Canned salmon.
(b) Salt pork.
(c) Bacon.
(d) Beef jerky.

10. When Mattie complains in Chapter 6, LaBoeuf says, “You are lucky to be traveling in a place where a spring is so handy. In my country you can ride for days and see no” what?
(a) “Rainstorms.”
(b) “Rivers or streams.”
(c) “Ground water.”
(d) “Lakes or ponds.”

11. What does Rooster Cogburn have for a ground sheet when they make camp in Chapter 6?
(a) A canvas tarp.
(b) A bearskin rug.
(c) A buffalo robe.
(d) A grass mat.

12. How much money does Ranger LaBoeuf say the Governor of Texas has put up for a reward for Tom Chaney in Chapter 5?
(a) $500.
(b) $250.
(c) $125.
(d) $1,000.

13. Mattie is surprised to discover that the Indian wife of the storekeeper in Chapter 6 is of what religion?
(a) Muslim.
(b) Presbyterian.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Mormon.

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

15. By what mountains do Mattie, LaBoeuf, and Rooster Cogburn stop to let their horses drink from a stream in Chapter 6?
(a) The Sierra Nevada Mountains.
(b) The Beartooth Mountains.
(c) The San Bois Mountains.
(d) The Gallatin Mountains.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. Mattie says in Chapter 5 that men will live like what “if they are left alone”?

3. Mattie tells Ranger LaBoeuf in Chapter 4 that “the good people of Arkansas do not go easy on men who abuse” what?

4. How many horses do one of the thieves tell Rooster Ned requested at the dugout in Chapter 6?

5. For how long does Mattie remain sick and in bed at the Monarch boarding house in Chapter 4?

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