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

2. Where was Mattie’s father killed, according to the narrative in Chapter 1?
(a) St Louis, Missouri.
(b) Chicago, Illinois.
(c) Fort Smith, Arkansas.
(d) Houston, Texas.

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

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

5. 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 clear his head.
(b) To sell some gold.
(c) To buy some ponies.
(d) To do some gambling.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father had how many acres of “good bottom land on the south bank of the Arkansas River?

2. How far does Mattie say the distance was between their family stead and Fort Smith, Arkansas, 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. How did Tom Chaney kill Mattie’s father, according to Mattie’s narrative 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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