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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. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, Yarnell Poindexter later died in the flu epidemic of what year?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1909.

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

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

4. In his court testimony in Chapter 3, Rooster Cogburn states that he has been a U.S. marshal for almost how many years?
(a) 10.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 15.

5. The sheriff tells Mattie in Chapter 2 that the reason he’s not hunting for Tom Chaney is because he has no authority where and that now Chaney is the business of the U.S. marshals?
(a) The State of Texas.
(b) Hot Spring County.
(c) The Indian Nation.
(d) In a National Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how old does Mattie describe Rooster Cogburn as in Chapter 3?

2. Mattie learns at the Federal Courthouse in Chapter 3 that the head marshal has gone where to deliver prisoners to the house of correction?

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

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

5. What is the name of the cat where Rooster Cogburn lives in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the principle setting of the story? Where does Mattie’s family live?

2. How does Mattie describe the career of Judge Isaac Parker in Chapter 3?

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

4. How does Mattie describe the setting of the hanging in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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

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

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