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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In what county is Dardanelle located?
(a) Independence County.
(b) Yell County.
(c) Hempstead County.
(d) Hot Spring County.

4. Where did Yarnell Poindexter later become a prosperous house painter, according to Mattie in Chapter 1?
(a) Detroit, Michigan.
(b) Dallas, Texas.
(c) Denver, Colorado.
(d) Memphis, Tennessee.

5. How did Tom Chaney kill Mattie’s father, according to Mattie’s narrative in Chapter 1?
(a) He stabbed him.
(b) He drowned him.
(c) He shot him.
(d) He strangled him.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Yarnell Poindexter is described as a freeborn black man from where?

(see the answer key)

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