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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animals does Mattie say in Chapter 3 are “all wicked, though often useful”?
(a) Cats.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Rats.

2. Mattie says in Chapter 3 that Judge Parker died of dropsy in what year?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1875.

3. Approximately how much is the charge for embalming and the coffin for Mattie’s father in Chapter 2?
(a) $25.
(b) $40.
(c) $60.
(d) $15.

4. The gold pieces that Mattie’s father carried in his clothes were a wedding gift from Mattie’s grandfather named what?
(a) Spurling.
(b) Jerry.
(c) George.
(d) Emmett.

5. Which U.S. marshal does the sheriff say in Chapter 2 brings in prisoners alive and “believes even the worst of men is entitled to a fair shake”?
(a) L.T. Quinn.
(b) Mr. James.
(c) Emmett Quincy.
(d) Jerry Vick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Yarnell Poindexter later become a prosperous house painter, according to Mattie in Chapter 1?

2. What song does the preacher lead the men about to be hung in as Mattie watches in Chapter 2?

3. By what nickname does Mattie refer to Texas in Chapter 1?

4. How much money does Colonel Stonehill agree to give Mattie after haggling with her in Chapter 3?

5. Mattie describes Rooster Cogburn as “an old one-eyed jasper that was built along the lines of” whom, in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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