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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Yarnell Poindexter later become a prosperous house painter, according to Mattie in Chapter 1?
(a) Memphis, Tennessee.
(b) Denver, Colorado.
(c) Dallas, Texas.
(d) Detroit, Michigan.

3. What was the name of the man who kidnapped Yarnell Poindexter and brought him to Arkansas just before the war?
(a) Mr. MacDonald.
(b) Mr. Myers.
(c) Mr. Bloodworth.
(d) Mr. James.

4. Who does Mattie share a room with at the Monarch boarding house in Chapter 2?
(a) Theron Chelmsford.
(b) Grandma Turner.
(c) The Original Greaser Bob.
(d) Harold Permalee.

5. Mattie sees that Yarnell wants to attend the hanging, so she tells him that they’ll go but won’t tell whom in Chapter 2?
(a) Mattie’s brother.
(b) Mattie’s father.
(c) Mattie’s mother.
(d) Mattie’s grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of Mattie’s father?

3. Where was Mattie’s father killed, according to the narrative in Chapter 1?

4. Mattie describes the undertaker that she and Yarnell go to see about her father’s body as being what in Chapter 2?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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