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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which U.S. marshal does the sheriff say in Chapter 2 brings in prisoners alive and “believes even the worst of men is entitled to a fair shake”?
(a) Jerry Vick.
(b) Emmett Quincy.
(c) L.T. Quinn.
(d) Mr. James.

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) 160.
(b) 640.
(c) 480.
(d) 320.

4. How old does Mattie describe Tom Chaney as being in Chapter 1?
(a) 22.
(b) 17.
(c) 25.
(d) 19.

5. How long does the Indian struggle before he dies in the hanging in Chapter 2?
(a) 5 minutes.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described as the highest point in Arkansas in Chapter 1?

2. When Mattie sends Yarnell back with her father’s body in Chapter 2, she tells him to have who put the body in a better coffin?

3. Where did Yarnell Poindexter later become a prosperous house painter, according to Mattie in Chapter 1?

4. Where does Mattie tell Rooster Cogburn her mother’s family lives in Chapter 3?

5. Mattie sees that Yarnell wants to attend the hanging, so she tells him that they’ll go but won’t tell whom in Chapter 2?

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