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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mattie name the pony that she buys from Colonel Stonehill in Chapter 5?
(a) Little Blackie.
(b) Sunrise.
(c) Thunder.
(d) Elijah.

2. 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) Judge Isaac Parker.
(c) John Wesley Hardin.
(d) Katy Flyer.

3. When Mattie is sick in Chapter 4, Mrs. Floyd wraps a rag around her neck that has been soaked in what?
(a) Vick’s salve.
(b) Mint leaves.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Turpentine.

4. Who does Rooster Cogburn say “helps us on timber cases and them clerks is used to seeing his name” in Chapter 5?
(a) Lawyer J. Noble Daggett.
(b) Pig Satterfield.
(c) Theron Chelmsford.
(d) Judge Isaac Parker.

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

6. Where in Texas did Tom Chaney presumably kill a Texas senator?
(a) Houston.
(b) Waco.
(c) Austin.
(d) Dallas.

7. Colonel Stonehill tells Mattie in Chapter 5 that Rooster Cogburn “rode by the light of the moon with Quantrill and” who?
(a) John Wesley Hardin.
(b) Bloody Bill Anderson.
(c) Mr. Spotted-Gourd.
(d) Rutherford B. Hayes.

8. Mattie tells Ranger LaBoeuf in Chapter 4 that “the good people of Arkansas do not go easy on men who abuse” what?
(a) “Women and children.”
(b) “Political appointees.”
(c) “Church officials.”
(d) “Poor people.”

9. Regarding the trial of the Wharton man, Rooster tells Mattie in Chapter 5 that Lawyer Goudy is going to Washington to see if what President will commute the sentence?
(a) Rutherford B. Hayes.
(b) Grover Cleveland.
(c) James A. Garfield.
(d) Chester A. Arthur.

10. What does Mattie hold over the fire to threaten Rooster Cogburn into agreeing to let her go with him in Chapter 5?
(a) His badge.
(b) His expense sheets.
(c) His wallet.
(d) His bible.

11. 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.

12. 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) Waco.
(d) El Paso.

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 Jim Jackson.
(b) Governor Mike Nichols.
(c) Governor Al Smith.
(d) Governor James Wilson.

14. Ranger LaBoeuf tells Mattie in Chapter 4 that she is “very young” and what to boot?
(a) “Sick and unattractive.”
(b) “Stubborn and foolish.”
(c) “Innocent and naïve.”
(d) “Unappreciative and cold.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Mattie read to Grandma Turner that’s about “a girl in England who could not make up her mind whether to marry a rich man with a pack of dogs named Alec or a preacher” in Chapter 4?

2. 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”?

3. Where in Louisiana does Ranger LaBoeuf say Tom Chaney dallies before turning up at Mattie’s father’s place in Chapter 4?

4. How does Mattie get across the river when she has been barred from the ferry in Chapter 5?

5. What color hair is Ranger LaBoeuf described as having in Chapter 4?

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