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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 clear his head.
(c) To sell some gold.
(d) To do some gambling.

4. By what nickname does Mattie refer to Texas in Chapter 1?
(a) The Granite State.
(b) The Lone Star State.
(c) Big Sky Country.
(d) Land of the Midnight Sun.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father was wounded in battle in the “terrible fight at Chickamauga up in the state of” what?

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

3. What was the name of the man who kidnapped Yarnell Poindexter and brought him to Arkansas just before the war?

4. What was the name of Mattie’s father?

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

(see the answer key)

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