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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ghost story does Mattie suggest telling around the campfire in Chapter 6?
(a) “The Lost Children.”
(b) “The Curse of Dracula.”
(c) “The Midnight Caller.”
(d) “The Old Mummy.”

2. What food item does Mattie describe in Chapter 6 as “balls of what I would call hot-water cornbread”?
(a) Corn kabobs.
(b) Corn dodgers.
(c) Corn floppers.
(d) Corn bombers.

3. About how old is Ranger LaBoeuf when Mattie describes his arrival in Chapter 4?
(a) 22.
(b) 28.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

4. What does LaBoeuf do when he ambushes Mattie at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) He yells at her.
(b) He quotes the bible.
(c) He whips her.
(d) He spits on her.

5. When Mattie is sick in Chapter 4, Mrs. Floyd gives her what medication?
(a) Pastor Stephen’s Cure All.
(b) Dr. Underwood’s Bile Activator.
(c) Dr. Arnold’s Nerve Tonic.
(d) Cowboy Jack’s Opiate Slurry.

6. About how old are the boys that are taunting the poor mule at the store in Chapter 6?
(a) 10.
(b) 14.
(c) 6.
(d) 17.

7. Who does Rooster Cogburn tell the boys to claim cut Mr. Simmons’s mule loose in Chapter 6?
(a) Mr. Bibbs.
(b) Mr. Burlingame.
(c) Mr. Myers.
(d) Mr. James.

8. According to Mattie in Chapter 5, “Papa would not own a horse with more than one” what?
(a) “Color.”
(b) “Eyeball.”
(c) “Sibling.”
(d) “White leg.”

9. Rooster Cogburn learns from the storekeeper that Lucky Ned Pepper had been seen three days earlier with a robber called what in Chapter 6?
(a) Storm.
(b) Haze.
(c) Dusty.
(d) Mist.

10. For how long does Mattie remain sick and in bed at the Monarch boarding house in Chapter 4?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 5 days.

11. 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) Denny.
(b) Bagby.
(c) Arnie.
(d) Jimmy.

12. What does Quincy do when Moon starts to talk about what he knows in Chapter 6?
(a) He shoots himself.
(b) He shoots Moon in the face.
(c) He chops off Moon’s fingers.
(d) He kicks Moon under the table.

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

14. 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) “Rivers or streams.”
(b) “Ground water.”
(c) “Rainstorms.”
(d) “Lakes or ponds.”

15. Mattie says in Chapter 4, “I can remember when half the old ladies in the country were” what?
(a) “Witches.”
(b) “Drunkards.”
(c) “Dopeheads.”
(d) “Gossipers.”

Short Answer Questions

1. As he dies, one of the thieves tells Rooster in Chapter 6 that Ned and his gang are planning to rob whom tonight?

2. What does Rooster Cogburn have for a ground sheet when they make camp in Chapter 6?

3. Where does Mattie say that Rooster Cogburn has gone when she speaks with Ranger LaBoeuf at the boarding house in Chapter 4?

4. Mattie and Ranger LaBoeuf get into an argument regarding where Tom Chaney is to be what, in Chapter 4?

5. After their argument in Chapter 4, Mattie says of Ranger LaBoeuf, “He was angered and thus he left me, clanking away in all his” what?

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