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

2. Where was Mattie’s father killed, according to the narrative in Chapter 1?
(a) Houston, Texas.
(b) St Louis, Missouri.
(c) Fort Smith, Arkansas.
(d) Chicago, Illinois.

3. What is the name of the cat where Rooster Cogburn lives in Chapter 3?
(a) Governor Al Smith.
(b) Corporal Jack Bartle.
(c) General Sterling Price.
(d) Admiral Forest Jacobs.

4. Who does Mattie say “watched all his hangings from an upper window in the Courthouse” in Chapter 2?
(a) Mr. Burlingame.
(b) Judge Isaac Parker.
(c) George Garrett.
(d) Governor Al Smith.

5. Who does the sheriff name as the best tracker and a half-breed Comanche in Chapter 2?
(a) George Garrett.
(b) Little Frank.
(c) William Waters.
(d) Rooster Cogburn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Yarnell Poindexter later become a prosperous house painter, according to Mattie in Chapter 1?

2. The sheriff tells Mattie in Chapter 2 that they think Tom Chaney was in with whose party that robbed a mail hack?

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

4. How much cash did Tom Chaney steal from Mattie’s father in addition to the gold coins?

5. Mattie claims in Chapter 3, “Papa used to say that the only friends we had down here right after the war were” whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What was stolen from Mattie Ross’s father when he was killed?

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

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

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

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

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