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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. As he dies, one of the thieves tells Rooster in Chapter 6 that Ned and his gang are planning to rob whom tonight?
(a) Katy Flyer.
(b) Judge Isaac Parker.
(c) John Wesley Hardin.
(d) Emmett Quincy.

5. What kind of meat has Rooster Cogburn brought along for the “grub” in Chapter 6?
(a) Beef jerky.
(b) Canned salmon.
(c) Salt pork.
(d) Bacon.

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

7. Who does Moon say his brother is in Chapter 6?
(a) Lawyer J. Noble Daggett.
(b) George Garrett.
(c) Mr. MacDonald.
(d) Judge Isaac Parker.

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

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

10. Rooster says that Ned Pepper used to work for whom in Chapter 6?
(a) Pig Satterfield.
(b) L.T. Quinn.
(c) Bloody Bill Anderson.
(d) Mr. Burlingame.

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

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

13. Where does Mattie say her father took her and her brother coon hunting last summer in Chapter 5?
(a) Great Cypress Swamp.
(b) Petit Jean Mountain.
(c) The Mississippi River.
(d) The Missouri River.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mattie is sick in Chapter 4, Mrs. Floyd wraps a rag around her neck that has been soaked in what?

2. Who does Rooster tell LaBoeuf to go and tell about the Texas Ranger troop instead of him and Mattie in Chapter 6?

3. What does Mattie hold over the fire to threaten Rooster Cogburn into agreeing to let her go with him in Chapter 5?

4. 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”?

5. What does Quincy do when Moon starts to talk about what he knows in Chapter 6?

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