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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How much money does Mattie tell Colonel Stonehill that she wants for “Papa’s saddle horse that was stolen” in Chapter 3?
(a) $300.
(b) $200.
(c) $100.
(d) $500.

4. Mattie says of her father in Chapter 1, “His head was full of” what?
(a) “Bad jokes.”
(b) “Schemes.”
(c) “Compassion.”
(d) “Knowledge.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Mattie says in Chapter 3 that Judge Parker died of dropsy in what year?

3. How old is Mattie Ross when she leaves home to avenge her father’s murder in the novel?

4. The sheriff tells Mattie in Chapter 2 that they think Tom Chaney was in with whose party that robbed a mail hack?

5. How old does Mattie describe Tom Chaney as being in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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