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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How old does Mattie describe Tom Chaney as being in Chapter 1?
(a) 19.
(b) 22.
(c) 25.
(d) 17.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father was a church member where?

(see the answer key)

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