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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of gun does Mattie describe Tom Chaney carrying in Chapter 1?
(a) A Remington revolver.
(b) A Henry rifle.
(c) A Mossberg shotgun.
(d) A Winchester rifle.

2. Mattie says in Chapter 3, “About the only outlaws in our country who ever went to Federal Court were "moonshiners" like” who?
(a) “Jack Ross and the Mallory brothers.”
(b) “Jimmie Jackson and his crew.”
(c) “Old man Jerry Vick and his boys.”
(d) “James Poindexter and Civil War criminals.”

3. Yarnell Poindexter is described as a freeborn black man from where?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Montana.

4. The gold pieces that Mattie’s father carried in his clothes were a wedding gift from Mattie’s grandfather named what?
(a) Spurling.
(b) George.
(c) Jerry.
(d) Emmett.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described as the highest point in Arkansas in Chapter 1?

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

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

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

5. Where did Yarnell Poindexter later become a prosperous house painter, according to Mattie in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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