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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Indian dish is on the fire that looks like hominy at the dugout in Chapter 6?
(a) Sofky.
(b) Acorn mash.
(c) Tofu.
(d) Venison stew.

2. How does Mattie get across the river when she has been barred from the ferry in Chapter 5?
(a) She swims.
(b) She crosses a bridge upstream.
(c) She borrows a boat.
(d) She rides across on her horse.

3. Where in Louisiana does Ranger LaBoeuf say Tom Chaney dallies before turning up at Mattie’s father’s place in Chapter 4?
(a) Monroe.
(b) Baton Rouge.
(c) Shreveport.
(d) New Orleans.

4. 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 nickel.
(b) A dime.
(c) A half dollar.
(d) A quarter.

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

6. 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.

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

8. 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.”

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

10. Ranger LaBoeuf tells Mattie that she has what kind of manner in Chapter 4?
(a) Righteous.
(b) Loyal.
(c) Saucy.
(d) Obedient.

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

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

13. Mattie says in Chapter 5 that men will live like what “if they are left alone”?
(a) Otters.
(b) Catfish.
(c) Billy goats.
(d) Marmots.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About how old is Ranger LaBoeuf when Mattie describes his arrival in Chapter 4?

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. Mattie compares the mark on Tom Chaney’s face with whose in Chapter 4?

4. Who does Rooster Cogburn tell the boys to claim cut Mr. Simmons’s mule loose in Chapter 6?

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

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