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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The gold coins that were stolen from Mattie’s father were from where?
(a) Idaho.
(b) Alaska.
(c) California.
(d) Washington.

3. 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) Rutherford B. Hayes.
(b) Mr. MacDonald.
(c) Mr. Myers.
(d) William Waters.

4. What month was it “when the last of the cotton was sold” in Chapter 1?
(a) February.
(b) September.
(c) November.
(d) May.

5. Mattie describes a noisy boy going through the crowd at the hanging and selling what?
(a) Burgers and fries.
(b) Popcorn and sodas.
(c) Hot dogs and fries.
(d) Peanuts and fudge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Around how many people have gathered to attend the hanging in Chapter 2?

2. How much does the shipping cost to send Mattie’s father to Dardanelle in Chapter 2?

3. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, Yarnell Poindexter later died in the flu epidemic of what year?

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?

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

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