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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Mattie says of her father in Chapter 1, “His head was full of” what?
(a) “Knowledge.”
(b) “Schemes.”
(c) “Compassion.”
(d) “Bad jokes.”

3. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, Yarnell Poindexter later died in the flu epidemic of what year?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1897.

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

5. How much does Mattie pay to stay at the Monarch boarding house per night in Chapter 2?
(a) 25 cents.
(b) 90 cents.
(c) 45 cents.
(d) 75 cents.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The sheriff tells Mattie in Chapter 2 that the reason he’s not hunting for Tom Chaney is because he has no authority where and that now Chaney is the business of the U.S. marshals?

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

4. Who does Mattie say “watched all his hangings from an upper window in the Courthouse” in Chapter 2?

5. The gold pieces that Mattie’s father carried in his clothes were a wedding gift from Mattie’s grandfather named what?

(see the answer key)

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