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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where has Lawyer Daggett gone to “try one of his steamboat suits” in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Helena.
(b) Billings.
(c) Butte.
(d) Kalispell.

3. Who does Mattie say “watched all his hangings from an upper window in the Courthouse” in Chapter 2?
(a) Judge Isaac Parker.
(b) Governor Al Smith.
(c) George Garrett.
(d) Mr. Burlingame.

4. The sheriff tells Mattie in Chapter 2 that the reason he’s not hunting for Tom Chaney is because he has no authority where and that now Chaney is the business of the U.S. marshals?
(a) The State of Texas.
(b) In a National Park.
(c) The Indian Nation.
(d) Hot Spring County.

5. 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. MacDonald.
(b) William Waters.
(c) Mr. Myers.
(d) Rutherford B. Hayes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Mattie describes a noisy boy going through the crowd at the hanging and selling what?

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

5. How much cash did Tom Chaney steal from Mattie’s father in addition to the gold coins?

(see the answer key)

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