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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father had how many acres of “good bottom land on the south bank of the Arkansas River?
(a) 480.
(b) 320.
(c) 640.
(d) 160.

2. Why did Papa take “it in his head to go to Fort Smith” after the last of the cotton was sold, according to Mattie in Chapter 1?
(a) To buy some ponies.
(b) To clear his head.
(c) To sell some gold.
(d) To do some gambling.

3. By what nickname does Mattie refer to Texas in Chapter 1?
(a) The Lone Star State.
(b) Big Sky Country.
(c) Land of the Midnight Sun.
(d) The Granite State.

4. How old does Mattie describe Tom Chaney as being in Chapter 1?
(a) 17.
(b) 25.
(c) 19.
(d) 22.

5. What newspaper does Mattie mention that publishes a delinquent tax list every year in Chapter 3?
(a) The Arkansas Gazette.
(b) The Chicago Chronicle.
(c) The Houston Weekly.
(d) The New York Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far does Mattie say the distance was between their family stead and Fort Smith, Arkansas, in Chapter 1?

2. Rooster Cogburn lives in a small room in back of what in Chapter 3?

3. How much does the shipping cost to send Mattie’s father to Dardanelle in Chapter 2?

4. Who does Mattie say “watched all his hangings from an upper window in the Courthouse” in Chapter 2?

5. The gold coins that were stolen from Mattie’s father were from where?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the principle setting of the story? Where does Mattie’s family live?

2. What leads to Mattie’s disappointment when she speaks with the deputy marshal at the Federal Courthouse in Chapter 3?

3. How is Yarnell Poindexter described in the novel? Why does he accompany Mattie in Chapter 1?

4. What agreement do Mattie Ross and Colonel Stonehill reach regarding their settlement in Chapter 3?

5. How does the sheriff describe L.T. Quinn in Chapter 2?

6. How was Mattie Ross’s father killed in the narrative? Where was he killed?

7. How does Mattie describe the scene when she arrives at the Federal Courthouse to seek out Rooster Cogburn in Chapter 3? Who is being brought in?

8. What is revealed of Rooster Cogburn during the trial in Chapter 3?

9. How are the prisoners described that are to be hung in Chapter 2?

10. How does Mattie describe the execution of the Indian in Chapter 2?

(see the answer keys)

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