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True Grit
Study Questions Chapters 1-3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the age of the narrator? | 14 |
| What is the narrator's name? | Mattie |
| What is the narrator's father's name? | Frank Rose |
| What is the narrator's horse's name? | Judy |
| How was Mattie's father killed? | He was murdered by Tom Chaney. |
| What did Tom Chaney steal from Mattie's father? | Money, 2 gold pieces, and his horse |
| How does Mattie get to Fort Smith? | She goes by train. |
| When she arrives at Fort Smith, where is everyone? | They are at the hanging. |
| What does she vow to do when she sees her father's body? | She wants revenge. |
| What name does the Sheriff give Mattie when describing her father's killer? | His real name |
| According to the sheriff, whose job is it to catch Cheney? | U.S. Marshall |
| How does the sheriff describe Rooster Cogburn? | He's a pitiless man, double tough, and fair didn't enter his thinking. He's considered the meanest Marshall. |
| How do the first two chapters describe postwar Arkansas? | Life is hard and often rough. |
| How does the author, Portis, depict justice? | He shows justice through the moral principles of Mattie and her unwavering faith; and through Rooster who has an ethical code that is elastic. |
| How does Portis depict religion? | He shows Mattie's unwavering Christian faith, along with her moral principles. These are Mattie's means of coping with her existence. |
| Who is Colonel G. Stonehill? | He is a ranch owner. |
| What is Col. Stonehill's business? | He sells horses. |
| Why does Mattie say that Col. Stonehill is obliged to buy her father's horses? | They were in his custody when her father was killed. |
| Why does Mattie feel she would win if she goes to court against Col. Stonehill? | She has Rooster Cogburn. |
| Why does the bailiff tell Mattie that she cannot come in the courtroom? | She is too young. |
| How does Mattie convince the bailiff to let her enter the courtroom? | She says she has business with Rooster Cogburn. |
| What do the prisoners do when Judge Parker dies? | They celebrate. |
| How does Mattie describe Rooster Cogburn? | He is a ruthless man that is not afraid. |
| Why is Rooster on the witness stand? | The trial of Odus Wharton. |
| What does Mattie offer Cogburn as a reward for catching Chaney? | She offers him fifty dollars. |
| What is in Mattie's sugar sack? | It contains her dad's gun. |
| Does Rooster walk Mattie back to the boarding house? | He does not because he is drunk. |
| Consider Rooster's testimony. What did you learn about this character? | He is tough. To get what he sees as justice he will do whatever it takes. |
| What four words describe Rooster's personality? | Fearless, double-tough, ruthless, brutal |
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