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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. As he dies, one of the thieves tells Rooster in Chapter 6 that Ned and his gang are planning to rob whom tonight?
(a) Emmett Quincy.
(b) John Wesley Hardin.
(c) Judge Isaac Parker.
(d) Katy Flyer.

2. What color hair is Ranger LaBoeuf described as having in Chapter 4?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Auburn.
(d) Blonde.

3. Mattie says in Chapter 4, “I can remember when half the old ladies in the country were” what?
(a) “Dopeheads.”
(b) “Drunkards.”
(c) “Gossipers.”
(d) “Witches.”

4. Mattie and Ranger LaBoeuf get into an argument regarding where Tom Chaney is to be what, in Chapter 4?
(a) Shot.
(b) Buried.
(c) Married.
(d) Hung.

5. How many horses do one of the thieves tell Rooster Ned requested at the dugout in Chapter 6?
(a) 6.
(b) 9.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Regarding the trial of the Wharton man, Rooster tells Mattie in Chapter 5 that Lawyer Goudy is going to Washington to see if what President will commute the sentence?

2. Ranger LaBoeuf tells Mattie in Chapter 4 that she is “very young” and what to boot?

3. Who does Rooster Cogburn say “helps us on timber cases and them clerks is used to seeing his name” in Chapter 5?

4. Ranger LaBoeuf tells Mattie that she has what kind of manner in Chapter 4?

5. Where in Louisiana does Ranger LaBoeuf say Tom Chaney dallies before turning up at Mattie’s father’s place in Chapter 4?

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 book does Mattie describe reading to Grandma Turner while she’s sick 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. How is the photograph described that LaBoeuf shows to Mattie in Chapter 4? How does she respond?

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. What is Mattie’s reply when LaBoeuf asks her who she has hired to hunt down Tom Chaney in Chapter 4?

10. What does LaBoeuf say of the likelihood for the Bibbs family to pay their proposed reward in Chapter 5?

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