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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Papa take “it in his head to go to Fort Smith” after the last of the cotton was sold, according to Mattie in Chapter 1?
(a) To sell some gold.
(b) To buy some ponies.
(c) To do some gambling.
(d) To clear his head.

2. What was the name of the man who kidnapped Yarnell Poindexter and brought him to Arkansas just before the war?
(a) Mr. Bloodworth.
(b) Mr. Myers.
(c) Mr. MacDonald.
(d) Mr. James.

3. What is Mattie’s sister’s name in the novel?
(a) Mary.
(b) Veronica.
(c) Melanie.
(d) Victoria.

4. In his court testimony in Chapter 3, Rooster Cogburn states that he has been a U.S. marshal for almost how many years?
(a) 4.
(b) 15.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

5. How old is Mattie Ross when she leaves home to avenge her father’s murder in the novel?
(a) 14.
(b) 20.
(c) 17.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Mattie says of her father in Chapter 1, “His head was full of” what?

4. Mattie learns at the Federal Courthouse in Chapter 3 that the head marshal has gone where to deliver prisoners to the house of correction?

5. What was the name of Mattie’s father?

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