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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. When Mattie is sick in Chapter 4, Mrs. Floyd wraps a rag around her neck that has been soaked in what?
2. How long does Rooster Cogburn say the sentence is for resisting a Federal officer in Chapter 6?
3. Where in Louisiana does Ranger LaBoeuf say Tom Chaney dallies before turning up at Mattie’s father’s place in Chapter 4?
4. At what time does Mattie go to the stock barn and exchange her release for the cash from Colonel Stonehill in Chapter 5?
5. Of whom does Mattie say in Chapter 4, that she knows he “is ‘wet’ but that is because of his race and religion and he is not personally accountable for that”?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Colonel Stonehill’s demeanor like when Mattie goes to see him with the paperwork in the beginning of Chapter 5?
2. What does LaBoeuf say of the likelihood for the Bibbs family to pay their proposed reward in Chapter 5?
3. What is Mattie’s reply when LaBoeuf asks her who she has hired to hunt down Tom Chaney in Chapter 4?
4. What does Mattie do when Rooster Cogburn goes to grab her as they’re arguing about her going on the trip in Chapter 5?
5. What news of Lucky Ned’s gang has Rooster Cogburn learned from Bagby in Chapter 6?
6. What is revealed in Lawyer J. Noble Daggett’s letter to Mattie in the beginning of Chapter 5?
7. How does Mrs. Floyd treat Mattie when she becomes sick in Chapter 4?
8. 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?
9. What book does Mattie describe reading to Grandma Turner while she’s sick in Chapter 4?
10. How is the photograph described that LaBoeuf shows to Mattie in Chapter 4? How does she respond?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Define and analyze the narrative style of True Grit. Is the story related in past, present, or future tense? Who is the narrator? Why do you think the narrator chose this point of view? How would the story differ if the narrative style changed?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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