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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ghost story does Mattie suggest telling around the campfire in Chapter 6?
(a) “The Lost Children.”
(b) “The Old Mummy.”
(c) “The Midnight Caller.”
(d) “The Curse of Dracula.”

2. Mattie says in Chapter 4, “I can remember when half the old ladies in the country were” what?
(a) “Witches.”
(b) “Drunkards.”
(c) “Dopeheads.”
(d) “Gossipers.”

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

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

5. About how old are the boys that are taunting the poor mule at the store in Chapter 6?
(a) 10.
(b) 14.
(c) 17.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Rooster says that Ned Pepper used to work for whom in Chapter 6?

3. What is Mattie’s sister’s name in the novel?

4. When Mattie is sick in Chapter 4, Mrs. Floyd wraps a rag around her neck that has been soaked in what?

5. As he dies, one of the thieves tells Rooster in Chapter 6 that Ned and his gang are planning to rob whom tonight?

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