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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. Ranger LaBoeuf tells Mattie that Tom Chaney’s real name is what in Chapter 4?
(a) Owen Hardy.
(b) Sterling Price.
(c) Emmett Quincy.
(d) Theron Chelmsford.

2. Mattie is surprised to discover that the Indian wife of the storekeeper in Chapter 6 is of what religion?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Muslim.
(c) Presbyterian.
(d) Mormon.

3. What book does Mattie read to Grandma Turner that’s about “a girl in England who could not make up her mind whether to marry a rich man with a pack of dogs named Alec or a preacher” in Chapter 4?
(a) Bess Galloway’s Disappointment.
(b) One of the Pack.
(c) Wolfgang or the Banker.
(d) For Substance or Money.

4. Rooster Cogburn asks one of the boys at the store in Chapter 6 where who is?
(a) Moon.
(b) Virgil.
(c) Toby.
(d) Reuben.

5. What does Quincy do when Moon starts to talk about what he knows in Chapter 6?
(a) He shoots himself.
(b) He kicks Moon under the table.
(c) He chops off Moon’s fingers.
(d) He shoots Moon in the face.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rooster Cogburn do to the boys that were taunting the mule in Chapter 6?

2. Who does Rooster Cogburn tell Mattie is “fixing the eats” for their trip in Chapter 5?

3. How long does Rooster Cogburn say the sentence is for resisting a Federal officer in Chapter 6?

4. At what time does Mattie go to the stock barn and exchange her release for the cash from Colonel Stonehill in Chapter 5?

5. Who does Moon say his brother is in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mattie describe the pony she picks out to purchase at Stonehill’s barn in Chapter 5? What does she remark about his legs?

2. How is the “dugout” described when Mattie, Rooster, and LaBoeuf arrive there in Chapter 6?

3. What do Mattie, LaBoeuf, and Rooster do at the store when they arrive in the beginning of Chapter 6? Who is the storekeeper?

4. What is Rooster Cogburn’s response when Mattie asks him if he thinks President Hayes will commute Odus Wharton’s sentence in Chapter 5?

5. What does Mattie do when Rooster Cogburn goes to grab her as they’re arguing about her going on the trip in Chapter 5?

6. How is the photograph described that LaBoeuf shows to Mattie in Chapter 4? How does she respond?

7. What does Quincy do when Moon begins to break and tell what he knows in Chapter 6? What ensues?

8. What reasons does Rooster Cogburn give Mattie for why she cannot accompany him on his mission in Chapter 5?

9. What is Rooster Cogburn’s response when he hears of the reward offered for Tom Chaney by the state of Texas?

10. What is LaBoeuf’s reply when Mattie asks him why Tom Chaney supposedly shot a Texas senator?

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