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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Tom Chaney kill Mattie’s father, according to Mattie’s narrative in Chapter 1?
(a) He shot him.
(b) He drowned him.
(c) He strangled him.
(d) He stabbed him.

3. When Mattie sends Yarnell back with her father’s body in Chapter 2, she tells him to have who put the body in a better coffin?
(a) Mr. MacDonald.
(b) Mr. Myers.
(c) Rutherford B. Hayes.
(d) William Waters.

4. How much does Mattie pay to stay at the Monarch boarding house per night in Chapter 2?
(a) 90 cents.
(b) 45 cents.
(c) 75 cents.
(d) 25 cents.

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

6. What newspaper does Mattie mention that publishes a delinquent tax list every year in Chapter 3?
(a) The Arkansas Gazette.
(b) The Chicago Chronicle.
(c) The Houston Weekly.
(d) The New York Times.

7. 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 brother.
(b) Mattie’s mother.
(c) Mattie’s father.
(d) Mattie’s grandmother.

8. Mattie describes a noisy boy going through the crowd at the hanging and selling what?
(a) Burgers and fries.
(b) Peanuts and fudge.
(c) Popcorn and sodas.
(d) Hot dogs and fries.

9. Mattie tells Colonel Stonehill in Chapter 3 that her family sold their early cotton in Little Rock to whom?
(a) Marcus Brothers.
(b) Woodson Brothers.
(c) Smith and Sons.
(d) Barnes and Son.

10. 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 clear his head.
(c) To do some gambling.
(d) To buy some ponies.

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

12. What stock trader does Mattie’s father go to see in Fort Smith in Chapter 1?
(a) Mr. MacDonald.
(b) Rooster Cogburn.
(c) Colonel Stonehill.
(d) Bloody Bill Anderson.

13. In his court testimony in Chapter 3, Rooster Cogburn states that he was traveling with a wagonload of criminals and how many other deputy marshals when the crime occurred?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

14. The gold coins that were stolen from Mattie’s father were from where?
(a) Idaho.
(b) California.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Washington.

15. How many men does Rooster Cogburn claim to have killed in his years as a U.S. marshal in Chapter 3?
(a) 14.
(b) 23.
(c) 58.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how old does Mattie describe Rooster Cogburn as in Chapter 3?

2. How much does the shipping cost to send Mattie’s father to Dardanelle in Chapter 2?

3. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, Yarnell Poindexter later died in the flu epidemic of what year?

4. Mattie says in Chapter 3, “You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except” what?

5. What is the name of the cat where Rooster Cogburn lives in Chapter 3?

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