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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. What stock trader does Mattie’s father go to see in Fort Smith in Chapter 1?
(a) Colonel Stonehill.
(b) Rooster Cogburn.
(c) Bloody Bill Anderson.
(d) Mr. MacDonald.

2. The gold coins that were stolen from Mattie’s father were from where?
(a) Idaho.
(b) Washington.
(c) Alaska.
(d) California.

3. Who does the sheriff describe in Chapter 2 as “a pitiless man, double-tough, and fear don't enter into his thinking”?
(a) Rooster Cogburn.
(b) Emmett Quincy.
(c) Owen Hardy.
(d) George Maledon.

4. How much money does Mattie take with her when she and Yarnell go to see about her father’s body in Chapter 2?
(a) $60.
(b) $100.
(c) $25.
(d) $40.

5. About how old does Mattie describe Rooster Cogburn as in Chapter 3?
(a) 40.
(b) 28.
(c) 33.
(d) 51.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How much does Mattie pay to stay at the Monarch boarding house per night in Chapter 2?

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

5. In his court testimony in Chapter 3, Rooster Cogburn states that who was killed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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