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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 food item does Mattie describe in Chapter 6 as “balls of what I would call hot-water cornbread”?
(a) Corn kabobs.
(b) Corn floppers.
(c) Corn bombers.
(d) Corn dodgers.

2. What does Colonel Stonehill refer to Arkansas as in Chapter 5?
(a) “The Peach State.”
(b) “The Bear State.”
(c) “The Land of Lincoln.”
(d) “The Show Me State.”

3. What does the Indian wife at the store cook for Mattie, LaBoeuf and Rooster Cogburn for dinner in Chapter 6?
(a) Catfish.
(b) Trout.
(c) Pork chops.
(d) Chicken.

4. What does Mattie hold over the fire to threaten Rooster Cogburn into agreeing to let her go with him in Chapter 5?
(a) His expense sheets.
(b) His badge.
(c) His wallet.
(d) His bible.

5. 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.”

Short Answer Questions

1. By what initials are the railroad tracks called that Mattie, LaBoeuf, and Rooster Cogburn are headed toward in Chapter 6?

2. What ghost story does Mattie suggest telling around the campfire in Chapter 6?

3. For how long does Mattie remain sick and in bed at the Monarch boarding house in Chapter 4?

4. Who does Moon say his brother is in Chapter 6?

5. Ranger LaBoeuf is looking for Tom Chaney because he killed a senator in Texas named what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Mattie, LaBoeuf, and Rooster do at the store when they arrive in the beginning of Chapter 6? Who is the storekeeper?

2. What information does LaBoeuf relate to Mattie about his profession and assignment in Chapter 4?

3. What are the boys doing outside the store when Mattie, LaBoeuf, and Rooster arrive in the beginning of Chapter 6?

4. What is Rooster Cogburn’s response when Mattie asks him if he thinks President Hayes will commute Odus Wharton’s sentence in Chapter 5?

5. What obstacles does the snow present as Mattie, Rooster, and LaBoeuf travel in Chapter 6?

6. How is the “dugout” described when Mattie, Rooster, and LaBoeuf arrive there in Chapter 6?

7. How does Mrs. Floyd treat Mattie when she becomes sick in Chapter 4?

8. What is Colonel Stonehill’s demeanor like when Mattie goes to see him with the paperwork in the beginning of Chapter 5?

9. What is Rooster Cogburn’s response when he hears of the reward offered for Tom Chaney by the state of Texas?

10. What does Rooster Cogburn remark about education and the lack of it when Mattie visits him in Chapter 5?

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