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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 storekeeper at the riverside store that Mattie, LaBoeuf and Rooster Cogburn stop at with the taunted mule in Chapter 6?

2. Where does Quincy claim they got the horses in Chapter 6 when questioned about them by Rooster?

3. What ghost story does Mattie suggest telling around the campfire in Chapter 6?

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

5. Of what does Ranger LaBoeuf say in Chapter 4 that it “is sordid and dangerous and is best left in the hands of men who know the work”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is revealed in Lawyer J. Noble Daggett’s letter to Mattie in the beginning of Chapter 5?

7. How does Mattie describe the pony she picks out to purchase at Stonehill’s barn in Chapter 5? What does she remark about his legs?

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

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

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 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

Analyze the character of Frank Ross in the narrative and describe the circumstances of Frank’s death. How does Mattie describe her father? Do you think they had a close relationship? Do you think that Mattie relates more to her mother or her father? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the racial relations in the United States following the Civil War. How are these race relations illustrated in True Grit? How does Mattie’s relationship with and behavior toward Yarnell Poindexter differ from how he is treated by other white characters in the narrative?

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