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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rooster Cogburn’s real first name in the novel?
(a) Fabian.
(b) Reuben.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Wilfred.

2. Ranger LaBoeuf tells Mattie in Chapter 4, “Now I am of a mind to give you” what?
(a) “Five or six good licks with my belt.”
(b) “A crack with my whip.”
(c) “A toss in the river.”
(d) “A bottle of whiskey.”

3. Colonel Stonehill tells Mattie in Chapter 5 that Rooster Cogburn “rode by the light of the moon with Quantrill and” who?
(a) Rutherford B. Hayes.
(b) Mr. Spotted-Gourd.
(c) John Wesley Hardin.
(d) Bloody Bill Anderson.

4. Where was Mattie’s father killed, according to the narrative in Chapter 1?
(a) Fort Smith, Arkansas.
(b) St Louis, Missouri.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) Houston, Texas.

5. What does Rooster Cogburn have for a ground sheet when they make camp in Chapter 6?
(a) A canvas tarp.
(b) A bearskin rug.
(c) A grass mat.
(d) A buffalo robe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rooster Cogburn asks one of the boys at the store in Chapter 6 where who is?

2. What kind of gun does Mattie describe Tom Chaney carrying in Chapter 1?

3. What color hair is Ranger LaBoeuf described as having in Chapter 4?

4. Rooster Cogburn lives in a small room in back of what in Chapter 3?

5. After their argument in Chapter 4, Mattie says of Ranger LaBoeuf, “He was angered and thus he left me, clanking away in all his” what?

(see the answer key)

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