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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Mattie give the night watchman at Colonel Stonehill’s barn to feed her horse and wake her before sunrise in Chapter 5?
(a) A quarter.
(b) A dime.
(c) A half dollar.
(d) A nickel.

2. Where does Quincy claim they got the horses in Chapter 6 when questioned about them by Rooster?
(a) Fort Gibson.
(b) Little Rock.
(c) El Paso.
(d) Jackson.

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

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

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

6. How much does Mattie pay for one of Colonel Stonehill’s ponies in Chapter 5?
(a) $32.
(b) $7.
(c) $25.
(d) $18.

7. 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) Haze.
(b) Mist.
(c) Dusty.
(d) Storm.

8. What color hair is Ranger LaBoeuf described as having in Chapter 4?
(a) Auburn.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Black.

9. How much money does LaBoeuf say the Bibbs family has put up for a reward for Tom Chaney in Chapter 5?
(a) $1,500.
(b) $2,500.
(c) $2,000.
(d) $5,000.

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

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

12. Who does Rooster tell LaBoeuf to go and tell about the Texas Ranger troop instead of him and Mattie in Chapter 6?
(a) John Wesley Hardin.
(b) Jerry Vick.
(c) William Waters.
(d) Owen Hardy.

13. According to Ranger LaBoeuf’s papers in Chapter 4, he works out of a place called Ysleta outside of what Texas city?
(a) Austin.
(b) Corpus Christi.
(c) El Paso.
(d) Waco.

14. In Mattie’s letter from Lawyer Daggett in Chapter 5, he relates that who is “still away on his deer hunt”?
(a) Rooster Cogburn.
(b) Bloody Bill Anderson.
(c) Mr. MacDonald.
(d) William Waters.

15. Colonel Stonehill tells Mattie that he has a tentative offer for the ponies of ten dollars per head from whom in Chapter 5?
(a) The Pfitzer Soap Works.
(b) Malvern Stables.
(c) The Union Pacific Railroad.
(d) The National Guard.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How much money does Ranger LaBoeuf say the Governor of Texas has put up for a reward for Tom Chaney in Chapter 5?

3. 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?

4. What does the Indian wife at the store cook for Mattie, LaBoeuf and Rooster Cogburn for dinner in Chapter 6?

5. What does Colonel Stonehill refer to Arkansas as in Chapter 5?

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