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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 in Louisiana does Ranger LaBoeuf say Tom Chaney dallies before turning up at Mattie’s father’s place in Chapter 4?
(a) Shreveport.
(b) Monroe.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Baton Rouge.

2. When Mattie and Ranger LaBoeuf get into a disagreement in Chapter 4, Ranger LaBoeuf tells Mattie that earlier in the night he gave some thought to stealing what from her?
(a) A gold coin.
(b) A piece of bread.
(c) A kiss.
(d) A lock of hair.

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

4. Rooster Cogburn learns from the storekeeper that Lucky Ned Pepper had been seen three days earlier with a robber called what in Chapter 6?
(a) Dusty.
(b) Mist.
(c) Haze.
(d) Storm.

5. What does Mattie name the pony that she buys from Colonel Stonehill in Chapter 5?
(a) Elijah.
(b) Little Blackie.
(c) Thunder.
(d) Sunrise.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mattie says in Chapter 4, “I can remember when half the old ladies in the country were” what?

2. Mattie says in Chapter 5 that men will live like what “if they are left alone”?

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

4. Rooster Cogburn learns from the storekeeper that Lucky Ned Pepper had been seen three days earlier where in Chapter 6?

5. How does Mattie get across the river when she has been barred from the ferry in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rooster Cogburn remark about education and the lack of it when Mattie visits him in Chapter 5?

2. What information does LaBoeuf relate to Mattie about Tom Chaney’s history in Chapter 4?

3. What is Colonel Stonehill’s demeanor like when Mattie goes to see him with the paperwork in the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. What opinions does Mattie assert regarding prohibition in Chapter 4?

5. What information does LaBoeuf relate to Mattie about his profession and assignment in Chapter 4?

6. What does Rooster do to the boys and mule when Mattie, LaBoeuf, and Rooster arrive at the store in Chapter 6?

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

8. What are the boys doing outside the store when Mattie, LaBoeuf, and Rooster arrive in the beginning of Chapter 6?

9. What concerns does LaBoeuf voice about the campfire when the group first stops for the night in Chapter 6?

10. 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?

(see the answer keys)

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