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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 is the name of the night watchman at Colonel Stonehill’s barn when Mattie stays the night in Chapter 5?

2. Who is the first person Rooster Cogburn recognizes hiding in the dugout in Chapter 6?

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

4. Who does Rooster tell LaBoeuf to go and tell about the Texas Ranger troop instead of him and Mattie in Chapter 6?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Colonel Stonehill’s demeanor like when Mattie goes to see him with the paperwork in the beginning of Chapter 5?

6. What are the boys doing outside the store when Mattie, LaBoeuf, and Rooster arrive in the beginning of Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the history of the Texas Ranger Division. What role did the Texas Rangers play in the American Civil War? Why have so many works of literature and film revolved around Texas Rangers? What impressions does Mattie have of LaBoeuf’s fancy “getup”?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the characters of Bagby, his wife, and the two teenagers at the store in Chapter 6. What does Mattie remark about the religion of the Indian wife? How does this encounter change Mattie’s views of the Indians? How does this setting differ from that of Fort Worth or Mattie’s homestead? What are her impressions of this place?

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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