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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Tennessee.

2. What stock trader does Mattie’s father go to see in Fort Smith in Chapter 1?
(a) Colonel Stonehill.
(b) Rooster Cogburn.
(c) Bloody Bill Anderson.
(d) Mr. MacDonald.

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

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

5. How much cash did Tom Chaney steal from Mattie’s father in addition to the gold coins?
(a) $55.
(b) $115.
(c) $80.
(d) $150.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what county is Dardanelle located?

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

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

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

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