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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does the shipping cost to send Mattie’s father to Dardanelle in Chapter 2?
(a) $14.00.
(b) $5.25.
(c) $9.50.
(d) $2.75.

2. What is the name of the night watchman at Colonel Stonehill’s barn when Mattie stays the night in Chapter 5?
(a) Ben.
(b) Steve.
(c) Jack.
(d) Toby.

3. Mattie sees that Yarnell wants to attend the hanging, so she tells him that they’ll go but won’t tell whom in Chapter 2?
(a) Mattie’s grandmother.
(b) Mattie’s father.
(c) Mattie’s brother.
(d) Mattie’s mother.

4. Who does the sheriff describe in Chapter 2 as “a pitiless man, double-tough, and fear don't enter into his thinking”?
(a) Emmett Quincy.
(b) Owen Hardy.
(c) George Maledon.
(d) Rooster Cogburn.

5. What is the name of the hangman in Chapter 2?
(a) George Maledon.
(b) Farrell Permalee.
(c) Mr. Spotted-Gourd.
(d) William Waters.

Short Answer Questions

1. The sheriff tells Mattie in Chapter 2 that they think Tom Chaney was in with whose party that robbed a mail hack?

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

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

4. How old does Mattie describe Tom Chaney as being in Chapter 1?

5. Where does Mattie tell Rooster Cogburn her mother’s family lives in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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