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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. Mattie describes the undertaker that she and Yarnell go to see about her father’s body as being what in Chapter 2?
(a) A Scotsman.
(b) An Irishman.
(c) A Yankee.
(d) An Englishman.

2. Mattie says in Chapter 3, “You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except” what?
(a) “The Grace of God.”
(b) “The dirt we walk on.”
(c) “A mother’s love.”
(d) “The air we breathe.”

3. Who does Mattie share a room with at the Monarch boarding house in Chapter 2?
(a) Grandma Turner.
(b) Harold Permalee.
(c) Theron Chelmsford.
(d) The Original Greaser Bob.

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

5. Mattie says of her father in Chapter 1, “His head was full of” what?
(a) “Bad jokes.”
(b) “Schemes.”
(c) “Compassion.”
(d) “Knowledge.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Mattie learns at the Federal Courthouse in Chapter 3 that the head marshal has gone where to deliver prisoners to the house of correction?

2. What is Mattie served for breakfast by Mrs. Floyd in the beginning of Chapter 3?

3. What month was it “when the last of the cotton was sold” in Chapter 1?

4. What does Mattie say the two policemen at the city police station were doing when she and Yarnell arrived to speak with them in Chapter 2?

5. What is Mattie’s sister’s name in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mattie describe the city of Fort Smith upon her arrival in Chapter 2?

2. Who is the executioner in Chapter 2? How is this character described?

3. How do Mattie and Yarnell travel to Fort Smith in Chapter 2? How is the journey described?

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

5. What does Mattie say in regards to the innocence or evil of animals in Chapter 3?

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

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

8. How does Mattie describe the career of Judge Isaac Parker in Chapter 3?

9. How does Mattie describe Stonehill’s stock barn in Chapter 3?

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

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