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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 what county is Dardanelle located?
(a) Hot Spring County.
(b) Yell County.
(c) Hempstead County.
(d) Independence County.

2. What is described as the highest point in Arkansas in Chapter 1?
(a) Mount Murphy.
(b) Mount Michigan.
(c) Mount McKinley.
(d) Mount Magazine.

3. 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 buy some ponies.
(b) To do some gambling.
(c) To clear his head.
(d) To sell some gold.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Lawyer Daggett gone to “try one of his steamboat suits” in the beginning of Chapter 2?

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

3. Around how many people have gathered to attend the hanging in Chapter 2?

4. Where does Mattie tell Rooster Cogburn her mother’s family lives in Chapter 3?

5. The gold pieces that Mattie’s father carried in his clothes were a wedding gift from Mattie’s grandfather named what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How much does Mattie pay for the embalming and coffin for her father? Why does this distress Yarnell?

2. How does Mattie describe the execution of the Indian in Chapter 2?

3. How is Yarnell Poindexter described in the novel? Why does he accompany Mattie in Chapter 1?

4. What are the last words of the first man executed in Chapter 2?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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