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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Mattie’s father killed, according to the narrative in Chapter 1?
(a) Fort Smith, Arkansas.
(b) St Louis, Missouri.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) Houston, Texas.

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

3. What was the name of Mattie’s father?
(a) Frank Ross.
(b) Jacob Ross.
(c) Matthew Ross.
(d) Alfred Ross.

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

5. How old does Mattie describe Tom Chaney as being in Chapter 1?
(a) 17.
(b) 22.
(c) 19.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Mattie describes the undertaker that she and Yarnell go to see about her father’s body as being what in Chapter 2?

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

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

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