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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. 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) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

2. Colonel Stonehill says in Chapter 3, “They told me this town was the be the” what of “the Southwest”?
(a) “Memphis.”
(b) “Buffalo.”
(c) “Pittsburgh.”
(d) “Chicago.”

3. The gold pieces that Mattie’s father carried in his clothes were a wedding gift from Mattie’s grandfather named what?
(a) Emmett.
(b) George.
(c) Jerry.
(d) Spurling.

4. 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) 58.
(d) 14.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mattie says in Chapter 3, “About the only outlaws in our country who ever went to Federal Court were "moonshiners" like” who?

2. Approximately how much is the charge for embalming and the coffin for Mattie’s father in Chapter 2?

3. Mattie describes the undertaker that she and Yarnell go to see about her father’s body as being what in Chapter 2?

4. What lawyer’s name does Mattie threaten Colonel Stonehill with in Chapter 3?

5. 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”?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the narrative of True Grit related? Is the story told in first, second or third person? In what tense is the story told?

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

4. How does Mattie Ross describe Tom Chaney in Chapter 1?

5. What leads to Mattie’s disappointment when she speaks with the deputy marshal at the Federal Courthouse in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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