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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 mother.
(b) Mattie’s grandmother.
(c) Mattie’s brother.
(d) Mattie’s father.

2. When Mattie sends Yarnell back with her father’s body in Chapter 2, she tells him to have who put the body in a better coffin?
(a) Mr. Myers.
(b) Rutherford B. Hayes.
(c) William Waters.
(d) Mr. MacDonald.

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

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

5. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father was a church member where?
(a) Ouachita Orthodox.
(b) Marion Catholic.
(c) Cumberland Presbyterian.
(d) Crawford Unitarian.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. Mattie states in Chapter 1 that Tom Chaney said he was from where?

3. In what county is Dardanelle located?

4. How much does Mattie pay to stay at the Monarch boarding house per night in Chapter 2?

5. What kind of gun does Mattie describe Tom Chaney carrying in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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