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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What is Mattie served for breakfast by Mrs. Floyd in the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Omelets and trout.
(b) Grits and an egg.
(c) Pancakes and bacon.
(d) Oatmeal and berries.

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

4. What was the name of the man who kidnapped Yarnell Poindexter and brought him to Arkansas just before the war?
(a) Mr. Myers.
(b) Mr. Bloodworth.
(c) Mr. James.
(d) Mr. MacDonald.

5. After their argument in Chapter 4, Mattie says of Ranger LaBoeuf, “He was angered and thus he left me, clanking away in all his” what?
(a) “Golden armor.”
(b) “Arkansas trappings.”
(c) “Texas trappings.”
(d) “Louisiana trappings.”

Short Answer Questions

1. How far does Mattie say the distance was between their family stead and Fort Smith, Arkansas, in Chapter 1?

2. Mattie says of her father in Chapter 1, “His head was full of” what?

3. How much money does Mattie take with her when she and Yarnell go to see about her father’s body in Chapter 2?

4. What book does Mattie read to Grandma Turner that’s about “a girl in England who could not make up her mind whether to marry a rich man with a pack of dogs named Alec or a preacher” in Chapter 4?

5. Ranger LaBoeuf tells Mattie in Chapter 4, “Now I am of a mind to give you” what?

(see the answer key)

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