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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Which U.S. marshal does the sheriff say in Chapter 2 brings in prisoners alive and “believes even the worst of men is entitled to a fair shake”?
(a) L.T. Quinn.
(b) Jerry Vick.
(c) Mr. James.
(d) Emmett Quincy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Mattie take with her when she and Yarnell go to see about her father’s body in Chapter 2?

2. Mattie says in Chapter 2, “I noticed that the houses in Fort Smith were numbered but it was no city at all compared to” where?

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

4. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father was wounded in battle in the “terrible fight at Chickamauga up in the state of” what?

5. Around how many people have gathered to attend the hanging in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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