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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. In his court testimony in Chapter 3, Rooster Cogburn states that he was traveling with a wagonload of criminals and how many other deputy marshals when the crime occurred?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. What was the name of Mattie’s father?
(a) Frank Ross.
(b) Alfred Ross.
(c) Jacob Ross.
(d) Matthew Ross.

3. Mattie says in Chapter 3, “About the only outlaws in our country who ever went to Federal Court were "moonshiners" like” who?
(a) “Old man Jerry Vick and his boys.”
(b) “Jack Ross and the Mallory brothers.”
(c) “James Poindexter and Civil War criminals.”
(d) “Jimmie Jackson and his crew.”

4. Rooster Cogburn lives in a small room in back of what in Chapter 3?
(a) A funeral home.
(b) The town library.
(c) Chinese grocery store.
(d) A church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Mattie’s father killed, according to the narrative in Chapter 1?

2. What newspaper does Mattie mention that publishes a delinquent tax list every year in Chapter 3?

3. Mattie says in Chapter 3, “You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except” what?

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

5. How much money does Mattie tell Colonel Stonehill that she wants for “Papa’s saddle horse that was stolen” in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is the narrative of True Grit related? Is the story told in first, second or third person? In what tense is the story told?

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

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

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

7. How does Mattie describe the setting of the hanging in Chapter 2?

8. How is Judge Isaac Parker’s appearance and demeanor described when he enters in Chapter 3?

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

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

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