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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?
(a) “Louisiana trappings.”
(b) “Golden armor.”
(c) “Texas trappings.”
(d) “Arkansas trappings.”

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

11. 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) “Executions.”
(b) “Criminal investigation.”
(c) “Jury trials.”
(d) “Bank robberies.”

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

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

14. Mattie and Ranger LaBoeuf get into an argument regarding where Tom Chaney is to be what, in Chapter 4?
(a) Hung.
(b) Married.
(c) Shot.
(d) Buried.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When Mattie and Ranger LaBoeuf get into a disagreement in Chapter 4, Ranger LaBoeuf tells Mattie that earlier in the night he gave some thought to stealing what from her?

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

4. Who does Rooster Cogburn say “helps us on timber cases and them clerks is used to seeing his name” in Chapter 5?

5. In Mattie’s letter from Lawyer Daggett in Chapter 5, he relates that who is “still away on his deer hunt”?

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