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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) Tennessee.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Missouri.

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

3. Where was Mattie’s father killed, according to the narrative in Chapter 1?
(a) Fort Smith, Arkansas.
(b) Chicago, Illinois.
(c) St Louis, Missouri.
(d) Houston, Texas.

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

5. How old does Mattie describe Tom Chaney as being in Chapter 1?
(a) 19.
(b) 17.
(c) 22.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mattie in Chapter 1, her father was a church member where?

2. Mattie says of her father in Chapter 1, “His head was full of” what?

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

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

5. In what county is Dardanelle located?

(see the answer key)

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