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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. About how old are the boys that are taunting the poor mule at the store in Chapter 6?
2. According to Ranger LaBoeuf’s papers in Chapter 4, he works out of a place called Ysleta outside of what Texas city?
3. At what time does Mattie go to the stock barn and exchange her release for the cash from Colonel Stonehill in Chapter 5?
4. What ghost story does Mattie suggest telling around the campfire in Chapter 6?
5. Of whom does Mattie say in Chapter 4, that she knows he “is ‘wet’ but that is because of his race and religion and he is not personally accountable for that”?
Short Essay Questions
1. What concerns does LaBoeuf voice about the campfire when the group first stops for the night in Chapter 6?
2. What does Rooster do to the boys and mule when Mattie, LaBoeuf, and Rooster arrive at the store in Chapter 6?
3. What book does Mattie describe reading to Grandma Turner while she’s sick in Chapter 4?
4. How does Mattie describe Ranger LaBoeuf’s appearance when he arrives at the Monarch boarding house in Chapter 4?
5. What do Mattie, LaBoeuf, and Rooster do at the store when they arrive in the beginning of Chapter 6? Who is the storekeeper?
6. What opinions does Mattie assert regarding prohibition in Chapter 4?
7. What is LaBoeuf’s reply when Mattie asks him why Tom Chaney supposedly shot a Texas senator?
8. How does Mrs. Floyd treat Mattie when she becomes sick in Chapter 4?
9. What is Rooster Cogburn’s response when Mattie asks him if he thinks President Hayes will commute Odus Wharton’s sentence in Chapter 5?
10. What obstacles does the snow present as Mattie, Rooster, and LaBoeuf travel in Chapter 6?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the history of hanging and capital punishment in the United States, particularly in the South, during the late 1800s. What was the largest mass hanging in the U.S.? When did the last execution by public hanging take place? How common were occurrences such as the public hanging in Chapter 2?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss Rooster Cogburn’s statements on the stand regarding the Wharton trial. Why does Cogburn say he killed the other Whartons? Do you think his actions were justified? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the establishment and history of the Indian Nation in Oklahoma. How vast was the Indian Territory that constituted Oklahoma and parts of the surrounding states at this time? By 1907, when Oklahoma was admitted as a state, Indian Territory ceased to exist. How was the Territory defined in the 1870s in the story?
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