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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Mattie’s father killed, according to the narrative in Chapter 1?
(a) St Louis, Missouri.
(b) Fort Smith, Arkansas.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) Houston, Texas.

2. The gold coins that were stolen from Mattie’s father were from where?
(a) Idaho.
(b) Alaska.
(c) California.
(d) Washington.

3. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father had how many acres of “good bottom land on the south bank of the Arkansas River?
(a) 320.
(b) 480.
(c) 160.
(d) 640.

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

5. Yarnell Poindexter is described as a freeborn black man from where?
(a) Montana.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Michigan.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Mattie describe Tom Chaney as being in Chapter 1?

2. What stock trader does Mattie’s father go to see in Fort Smith in Chapter 1?

3. What month was it “when the last of the cotton was sold” in Chapter 1?

4. How much cash did Tom Chaney steal from Mattie’s father in addition to the gold coins?

5. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father was a church member where?

(see the answer key)

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