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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does LaBoeuf say the Bibbs family has put up for a reward for Tom Chaney in Chapter 5?
(a) $2,000.
(b) $2,500.
(c) $1,500.
(d) $5,000.

2. According to Ranger LaBoeuf’s papers in Chapter 4, he works out of a place called Ysleta outside of what Texas city?
(a) Corpus Christi.
(b) Waco.
(c) El Paso.
(d) Austin.

3. Of what does Ranger LaBoeuf say in Chapter 4 that it “is sordid and dangerous and is best left in the hands of men who know the work”?
(a) “Criminal investigation.”
(b) “Bank robberies.”
(c) “Jury trials.”
(d) “Executions.”

4. Ranger LaBoeuf tells Mattie that she has what kind of manner in Chapter 4?
(a) Saucy.
(b) Loyal.
(c) Obedient.
(d) Righteous.

5. Who is the first person Rooster Cogburn recognizes hiding in the dugout in Chapter 6?
(a) Emmett Quincy.
(b) Lucky Ned Pepper.
(c) George Garrett.
(d) L.T. Quinn.

6. Ranger LaBoeuf is looking for Tom Chaney because he killed a senator in Texas named what?
(a) Mr. James.
(b) Mr. Bibbs.
(c) Mr. Jones.
(d) Mr. Adams.

7. Mattie tells Ranger LaBoeuf in Chapter 4 that “the good people of Arkansas do not go easy on men who abuse” what?
(a) “Political appointees.”
(b) “Poor people.”
(c) “Church officials.”
(d) “Women and children.”

8. Rooster says that Ned Pepper used to work for whom in Chapter 6?
(a) Pig Satterfield.
(b) Bloody Bill Anderson.
(c) Mr. Burlingame.
(d) L.T. Quinn.

9. How much money does Mattie give the night watchman at Colonel Stonehill’s barn to feed her horse and wake her before sunrise in Chapter 5?
(a) A quarter.
(b) A dime.
(c) A half dollar.
(d) A nickel.

10. Of whom does Mattie say in Chapter 4, that she knows he “is ‘wet’ but that is because of his race and religion and he is not personally accountable for that”?
(a) Governor Mike Nichols.
(b) Governor Al Smith.
(c) Governor James Wilson.
(d) Governor Jim Jackson.

11. What color hair is Ranger LaBoeuf described as having in Chapter 4?
(a) Black.
(b) Auburn.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blonde.

12. By what initials are the railroad tracks called that Mattie, LaBoeuf, and Rooster Cogburn are headed toward in Chapter 6?
(a) M. K. & T.
(b) A. T. & J.
(c) T. B. & Y.
(d) R. D. & S.

13. By what mountains do Mattie, LaBoeuf, and Rooster Cogburn stop to let their horses drink from a stream in Chapter 6?
(a) The Beartooth Mountains.
(b) The Sierra Nevada Mountains.
(c) The San Bois Mountains.
(d) The Gallatin Mountains.

14. Rooster Cogburn asks one of the boys at the store in Chapter 6 where who is?
(a) Virgil.
(b) Toby.
(c) Moon.
(d) Reuben.

15. Who does Rooster Cogburn tell the boys to claim cut Mr. Simmons’s mule loose in Chapter 6?
(a) Mr. Bibbs.
(b) Mr. Burlingame.
(c) Mr. Myers.
(d) Mr. James.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Rooster Cogburn say the sentence is for resisting a Federal officer in Chapter 6?

2. How does Mattie get across the river when she has been barred from the ferry in Chapter 5?

3. How much money does Ranger LaBoeuf say the Governor of Texas has put up for a reward for Tom Chaney in Chapter 5?

4. What food item does Mattie describe in Chapter 6 as “balls of what I would call hot-water cornbread”?

5. Where in Louisiana does Ranger LaBoeuf say Tom Chaney dallies before turning up at Mattie’s father’s place in Chapter 4?

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