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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. How much money does Ranger LaBoeuf say the Governor of Texas has put up for a reward for Tom Chaney in Chapter 5?
(a) $125.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $500.
(d) $250.

2. How does Mattie get across the river when she has been barred from the ferry in Chapter 5?
(a) She swims.
(b) She rides across on her horse.
(c) She borrows a boat.
(d) She crosses a bridge upstream.

3. When Mattie is sick in Chapter 4, Mrs. Floyd wraps a rag around her neck that has been soaked in what?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Mint leaves.
(c) Vick’s salve.
(d) Turpentine.

4. 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) One of the Pack.
(b) For Substance or Money.
(c) Bess Galloway’s Disappointment.
(d) Wolfgang or the Banker.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rooster Cogburn asks one of the boys at the store in Chapter 6 where who is?

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

3. About how old are the boys that are taunting the poor mule at the store in Chapter 6?

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

5. In Mattie’s letter from Lawyer Daggett in Chapter 5, he relates that who was pressed into service to preach at Mattie’s father’s funeral?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What book does Mattie describe reading to Grandma Turner while she’s sick in Chapter 4?

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

7. What news of Lucky Ned’s gang has Rooster Cogburn learned from Bagby in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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