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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much cash did Tom Chaney steal from Mattie’s father in addition to the gold coins?
(a) $150.
(b) $55.
(c) $115.
(d) $80.

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

3. Mattie says in Chapter 3, “You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except” what?
(a) “The dirt we walk on.”
(b) “The air we breathe.”
(c) “The Grace of God.”
(d) “A mother’s love.”

4. What is the name of the cat where Rooster Cogburn lives in Chapter 3?
(a) Governor Al Smith.
(b) General Sterling Price.
(c) Admiral Forest Jacobs.
(d) Corporal Jack Bartle.

5. Who does Mattie share a room with at the Monarch boarding house in Chapter 2?
(a) Grandma Turner.
(b) Theron Chelmsford.
(c) Harold Permalee.
(d) The Original Greaser Bob.

6. Where has Lawyer Daggett gone to “try one of his steamboat suits” in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Helena.
(b) Kalispell.
(c) Billings.
(d) Butte.

7. How much money does Mattie take with her when she and Yarnell go to see about her father’s body in Chapter 2?
(a) $100.
(b) $25.
(c) $60.
(d) $40.

8. 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) Emmett Quincy.
(b) Mr. James.
(c) Jerry Vick.
(d) L.T. Quinn.

9. How far does Mattie say the distance was between their family stead and Fort Smith, Arkansas, in Chapter 1?
(a) 45 miles.
(b) 120 miles.
(c) 70 miles.
(d) 25 miles.

10. Who does Mattie say “watched all his hangings from an upper window in the Courthouse” in Chapter 2?
(a) Governor Al Smith.
(b) Judge Isaac Parker.
(c) George Garrett.
(d) Mr. Burlingame.

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

12. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father was wounded in battle in the “terrible fight at Chickamauga up in the state of” what?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Missouri.

13. Around how many people have gathered to attend the hanging in Chapter 2?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 500.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 1,000.

14. Mattie learns at the Federal Courthouse in Chapter 3 that the head marshal has gone where to deliver prisoners to the house of correction?
(a) Minneapolis, Minnesota.
(b) Detroit, Michigan.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

15. How long does the Indian struggle before he dies in the hanging in Chapter 2?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 10 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. The gold coins that were stolen from Mattie’s father were from where?

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

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

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