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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. Mattie says in Chapter 5 that men will live like what “if they are left alone”?
(a) Catfish.
(b) Billy goats.
(c) Otters.
(d) Marmots.

2. Who does Rooster Cogburn tell the boys to claim cut Mr. Simmons’s mule loose in Chapter 6?
(a) Mr. Burlingame.
(b) Mr. Bibbs.
(c) Mr. James.
(d) Mr. Myers.

3. In Mattie’s letter from Lawyer Daggett in Chapter 5, he tells her that who is “down with an earache”?
(a) Katy Flyer.
(b) Little Frank.
(c) Victoria.
(d) Moon.

4. According to Mattie in Chapter 5, “Papa would not own a horse with more than one” what?
(a) “Eyeball.”
(b) “Color.”
(c) “White leg.”
(d) “Sibling.”

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mattie is surprised to discover that the Indian wife of the storekeeper in Chapter 6 is of what religion?

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

3. As he dies, one of the thieves tells Rooster in Chapter 6 that Ned and his gang are planning to rob whom tonight?

4. How much does Mattie pay for one of Colonel Stonehill’s ponies in Chapter 5?

5. Why does Rooster Cogburn arrange in a lariat around his bed in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Mattie describe Ranger LaBoeuf’s appearance when he arrives at the Monarch boarding house in Chapter 4?

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

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