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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, Yarnell Poindexter later died in the flu epidemic of what year?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1897.
(d) 1890.

3. 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?
(a) To sell some gold.
(b) To do some gambling.
(c) To clear his head.
(d) To buy some ponies.

4. What month was it “when the last of the cotton was sold” in Chapter 1?
(a) November.
(b) February.
(c) September.
(d) May.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By what nickname does Mattie refer to Texas in Chapter 1?

2. How did Tom Chaney kill Mattie’s father, according to Mattie’s narrative in Chapter 1?

3. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father had how many acres of “good bottom land on the south bank of the Arkansas River?

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

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

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