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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What song does the preacher lead the men about to be hung in as Mattie watches in Chapter 2?
(a) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.
(b) Amazing Grace.
(c) Saving Grace.
(d) End of the Road.

2. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father had how many acres of “good bottom land on the south bank of the Arkansas River?
(a) 160.
(b) 640.
(c) 320.
(d) 480.

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

4. In his court testimony in Chapter 3, Rooster Cogburn states that who was killed?
(a) Mr. Spotted-Gourd.
(b) Mr. James.
(c) John Wesley Hardin.
(d) Governor Al Smith.

5. How much money does Mattie tell Colonel Stonehill that she wants for “Papa’s saddle horse that was stolen” in Chapter 3?
(a) $200.
(b) $100.
(c) $300.
(d) $500.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mattie say the two policemen at the city police station were doing when she and Yarnell arrived to speak with them in Chapter 2?

3. How much money does Mattie take with her when she and Yarnell go to see about her father’s body in Chapter 2?

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

5. What is Mattie served for breakfast by Mrs. Floyd in the beginning of Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the sheriff describe L.T. Quinn in Chapter 2?

2. Who is the executioner in Chapter 2? How is this character described?

3. How does Mattie describe the scene when she arrives at the Federal Courthouse to seek out Rooster Cogburn in Chapter 3? Who is being brought in?

4. What is revealed of Rooster Cogburn during the trial in Chapter 3?

5. How was Mattie Ross’s father killed in the narrative? Where was he killed?

6. What does Mattie say in regards to the innocence or evil of animals in Chapter 3?

7. How does Mattie describe Stonehill’s stock barn in Chapter 3?

8. How is Judge Isaac Parker’s appearance and demeanor described when he enters in Chapter 3?

9. How does Mattie describe the city of Fort Smith upon her arrival in Chapter 2?

10. How are the prisoners described that are to be hung in Chapter 2?

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