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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What lawyer’s name does Mattie threaten Colonel Stonehill with in Chapter 3?
2. Who does Mattie share a room with at the Monarch boarding house in Chapter 2?
3. Mattie says in Chapter 2, “I noticed that the houses in Fort Smith were numbered but it was no city at all compared to” where?
4. How old does Mattie describe Tom Chaney as being in Chapter 1?
5. The sheriff tells Mattie in Chapter 2 that the reason he’s not hunting for Tom Chaney is because he has no authority where and that now Chaney is the business of the U.S. marshals?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Mattie describe Stonehill’s stock barn in Chapter 3?
2. How is the narrative of True Grit related? Is the story told in first, second or third person? In what tense is the story told?
3. How does the sheriff describe L.T. Quinn in Chapter 2?
4. What was stolen from Mattie Ross’s father when he was killed?
5. How was Mattie Ross’s father killed in the narrative? Where was he killed?
6. How does Mattie describe the career of Judge Isaac Parker in Chapter 3?
7. How do Mattie and Yarnell travel to Fort Smith in Chapter 2? How is the journey described?
8. What is the principle setting of the story? Where does Mattie’s family live?
9. What leads to Mattie’s disappointment when she speaks with the deputy marshal at the Federal Courthouse in Chapter 3?
10. What is revealed of Rooster Cogburn during the trial in Chapter 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Rooster’s failed marriage and his relationship with his son as detailed in the narrative. How did Rooster feel about his son? What does he admit regarding their relationship? Do you think that Rooster’s relationship with Mattie in the story is an attempt to make up for Rooster’s failings with his son?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the Harrison Narcotics Law and the Volstead Act. Mattie Ross praises both of these laws in Chapter 4. When were they both enacted? What did the laws entail? What politicians does Mattie Ross discuss in regard to prohibition in Chapter 4? What role did these individuals play historically in prohibition?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the history of hanging and capital punishment in the United States, particularly in the South, during the late 1800s. What was the largest mass hanging in the U.S.? When did the last execution by public hanging take place? How common were occurrences such as the public hanging in Chapter 2?
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