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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. By what mountains do Mattie, LaBoeuf, and Rooster Cogburn stop to let their horses drink from a stream in Chapter 6?
(a) The San Bois Mountains.
(b) The Beartooth Mountains.
(c) The Sierra Nevada Mountains.
(d) The Gallatin Mountains.

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

3. What is the name of the storekeeper at the riverside store that Mattie, LaBoeuf and Rooster Cogburn stop at with the taunted mule in Chapter 6?
(a) Bagby.
(b) Denny.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Arnie.

4. Who does Rooster Cogburn say “helps us on timber cases and them clerks is used to seeing his name” in Chapter 5?
(a) Lawyer J. Noble Daggett.
(b) Theron Chelmsford.
(c) Pig Satterfield.
(d) Judge Isaac Parker.

5. How much snow has collected in four hours as Mattie, LaBeouf, and Rooster set out after their first night of camp in Chapter 6?
(a) 6-7 inches.
(b) 12-14 inches.
(c) 2-3 inches.
(d) 10-11 inches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Colonel Stonehill tells Mattie that he has a tentative offer for the ponies of ten dollars per head from whom in Chapter 5?

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

3. 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?

4. Rooster says that Ned Pepper used to work for whom in Chapter 6?

5. Where does Mattie say her father took her and her brother coon hunting last summer in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What obstacles does the snow present as Mattie, Rooster, and LaBoeuf travel in Chapter 6?

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

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

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