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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. Myers.
(b) Mr. James.
(c) Mr. Bloodworth.
(d) Mr. MacDonald.

2. What kind of gun does Mattie describe Tom Chaney carrying in Chapter 1?
(a) A Winchester rifle.
(b) A Remington revolver.
(c) A Henry rifle.
(d) A Mossberg shotgun.

3. What is described as the highest point in Arkansas in Chapter 1?
(a) Mount Michigan.
(b) Mount Murphy.
(c) Mount Magazine.
(d) Mount McKinley.

4. Why did Papa take “it in his head to go to Fort Smith” after the last of the cotton was sold, according to Mattie in Chapter 1?
(a) To buy some ponies.
(b) To do some gambling.
(c) To sell some gold.
(d) To clear his head.

5. Who does the sheriff name as the best tracker and a half-breed Comanche in Chapter 2?
(a) George Garrett.
(b) Little Frank.
(c) William Waters.
(d) Rooster Cogburn.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Mattie share a room with at the Monarch boarding house in Chapter 2?

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

4. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father had how many acres of “good bottom land on the south bank of the Arkansas River?

5. How did Tom Chaney kill Mattie’s father, according to Mattie’s narrative in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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