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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Illinois.

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

3. How far does Mattie say the distance was between their family stead and Fort Smith, Arkansas, in Chapter 1?
(a) 70 miles.
(b) 25 miles.
(c) 45 miles.
(d) 120 miles.

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

5. How old is Mattie Ross when she leaves home to avenge her father’s murder in the novel?
(a) 17.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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