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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) A Yankee.
(c) An Irishman.
(d) An Englishman.

2. Colonel Stonehill says in Chapter 3, “They told me this town was the be the” what of “the Southwest”?
(a) “Buffalo.”
(b) “Chicago.”
(c) “Memphis.”
(d) “Pittsburgh.”

3. When Mattie sends Yarnell back with her father’s body in Chapter 2, she tells him to have who put the body in a better coffin?
(a) Rutherford B. Hayes.
(b) William Waters.
(c) Mr. Myers.
(d) Mr. MacDonald.

4. The sheriff tells Mattie in Chapter 2 that they think Tom Chaney was in with whose party that robbed a mail hack?
(a) Lucky Ned Pepper’s party.
(b) Mr. Bloodworth’s party.
(c) Bloody Bill Anderson’s party.
(d) L.T. Quinn’s party.

5. Mattie claims in Chapter 3, “Papa used to say that the only friends we had down here right after the war were” whom?
(a) “The English Republicans in Chicago.”
(b) “The Irish Democrats in New York.”
(c) “The carpetbagger Republicans.”
(d) “The Indians and the cowboys.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the cat where Rooster Cogburn lives in Chapter 3?

2. How old does Mattie describe Tom Chaney as being in Chapter 1?

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

4. Around how many people have gathered to attend the hanging in Chapter 2?

5. Who does the sheriff describe in Chapter 2 as “a pitiless man, double-tough, and fear don't enter into his thinking”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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