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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. How far does Mattie say the distance was between their family stead and Fort Smith, Arkansas, in Chapter 1?
(a) 25 miles.
(b) 120 miles.
(c) 45 miles.
(d) 70 miles.

2. Where does Mattie tell Rooster Cogburn her mother’s family lives in Chapter 3?
(a) Monterey, California.
(b) Phoenix, Arizona.
(c) Reno, Nevada.
(d) Portland, Oregon.

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

4. How much does the shipping cost to send Mattie’s father to Dardanelle in Chapter 2?
(a) $2.75.
(b) $9.50.
(c) $5.25.
(d) $14.00.

5. Mattie tells Colonel Stonehill in Chapter 3 that her family sold their early cotton in Little Rock to whom?
(a) Woodson Brothers.
(b) Barnes and Son.
(c) Marcus Brothers.
(d) Smith and Sons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mattie share a room with at the Monarch boarding house in Chapter 2?

2. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father was a church member where?

3. What lawyer’s name does Mattie threaten Colonel Stonehill with in Chapter 3?

4. Mattie says of her father in Chapter 1, “His head was full of” what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How much does Mattie pay for the embalming and coffin for her father? Why does this distress Yarnell?

2. How does Mattie Ross describe Tom Chaney in Chapter 1?

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

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

5. How does Colonel Stonehill describe the plight of the U.S. marshal when he hears of Mattie’s story in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

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

10. What are the last words of the first man executed in Chapter 2?

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