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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. Mattie says in Chapter 5 that men will live like what “if they are left alone”?
2. When Mattie complains in Chapter 6, LaBoeuf says, “You are lucky to be traveling in a place where a spring is so handy. In my country you can ride for days and see no” what?
3. Rooster Cogburn asks one of the boys at the store in Chapter 6 where who is?
4. Ranger LaBoeuf is looking for Tom Chaney because he killed a senator in Texas named what?
5. In Mattie’s letter from Lawyer Daggett in Chapter 5, he relates that who is “still away on his deer hunt”?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does LaBoeuf say of the likelihood for the Bibbs family to pay their proposed reward in Chapter 5?
2. How is the photograph described that LaBoeuf shows to Mattie in Chapter 4? How does she respond?
3. What does Rooster Cogburn remark about education and the lack of it when Mattie visits him in Chapter 5?
4. What are the boys doing outside the store when Mattie, LaBoeuf, and Rooster arrive in the beginning of Chapter 6?
5. What news of Lucky Ned’s gang has Rooster Cogburn learned from Bagby in Chapter 6?
6. What is Rooster Cogburn’s response when he hears of the reward offered for Tom Chaney by the state of Texas?
7. What opinions does Mattie assert regarding prohibition in Chapter 4?
8. What does Mattie do when Rooster Cogburn goes to grab her as they’re arguing about her going on the trip in Chapter 5?
9. What information does LaBoeuf relate to Mattie about his profession and assignment in Chapter 4?
10. What does Rooster do to the boys and mule when Mattie, LaBoeuf, and Rooster arrive at the store in Chapter 6?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the language style and dialect in True Grit. How do you relate to the style of speech of the characters? Do you feel this style of dialect realistically reflects the time and place of the story? How?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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