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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Mr. Myers.
(b) Mr. MacDonald.
(c) William Waters.
(d) Rutherford B. Hayes.

2. Where did Yarnell Poindexter later become a prosperous house painter, according to Mattie in Chapter 1?
(a) Detroit, Michigan.
(b) Memphis, Tennessee.
(c) Denver, Colorado.
(d) Dallas, Texas.

3. How much money does Mattie take with her when she and Yarnell go to see about her father’s body in Chapter 2?
(a) $60.
(b) $40.
(c) $100.
(d) $25.

4. What song does the preacher lead the men about to be hung in as Mattie watches in Chapter 2?
(a) Amazing Grace.
(b) End of the Road.
(c) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.
(d) Saving Grace.

5. How much cash did Tom Chaney steal from Mattie’s father in addition to the gold coins?
(a) $80.
(b) $55.
(c) $115.
(d) $150.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The sheriff tells Mattie in Chapter 2 that they think Tom Chaney was in with whose party that robbed a mail hack?

3. Mattie states in Chapter 1 that Tom Chaney said he was from where?

4. Who does the sheriff describe in Chapter 2 as “a pitiless man, double-tough, and fear don't enter into his thinking”?

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

(see the answer key)

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