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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What stock trader does Mattie’s father go to see in Fort Smith in Chapter 1?
(a) Mr. MacDonald.
(b) Bloody Bill Anderson.
(c) Colonel Stonehill.
(d) Rooster Cogburn.

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

3. Mattie states in Chapter 1 that Tom Chaney said he was from where?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Utah.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Tennessee.

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?
(a) 160.
(b) 640.
(c) 480.
(d) 320.

5. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father was a church member where?
(a) Ouachita Orthodox.
(b) Crawford Unitarian.
(c) Cumberland Presbyterian.
(d) Marion Catholic.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what nickname does Mattie refer to Texas in Chapter 1?

2. What kind of gun does Mattie describe Tom Chaney carrying in Chapter 1?

3. Where did Yarnell Poindexter later become a prosperous house painter, according to Mattie in Chapter 1?

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

5. In what county is Dardanelle located?

(see the answer key)

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