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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 a church member where?
(a) Ouachita Orthodox.
(b) Cumberland Presbyterian.
(c) Marion Catholic.
(d) Crawford Unitarian.
2. Mattie says of her father in Chapter 1, “His head was full of” what?
(a) “Bad jokes.”
(b) “Schemes.”
(c) “Compassion.”
(d) “Knowledge.”
3. Yarnell Poindexter is described as a freeborn black man from where?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Montana.
(d) Illinois.
4. What stock trader does Mattie’s father go to see in Fort Smith in Chapter 1?
(a) Colonel Stonehill.
(b) Bloody Bill Anderson.
(c) Rooster Cogburn.
(d) Mr. MacDonald.
5. How did Tom Chaney kill Mattie’s father, according to Mattie’s narrative in Chapter 1?
(a) He drowned him.
(b) He stabbed him.
(c) He shot him.
(d) He strangled him.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the name of the man who kidnapped Yarnell Poindexter and brought him to Arkansas just before the war?
2. What month was it “when the last of the cotton was sold” in Chapter 1?
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. 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?
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