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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does LaBoeuf do when he ambushes Mattie at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) He whips her.
(b) He yells at her.
(c) He spits on her.
(d) He quotes the bible.

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

3. In Mattie’s letter from Lawyer Daggett in Chapter 5, he relates that who was pressed into service to preach at Mattie’s father’s funeral?
(a) Governor Al Smith.
(b) Mr. MacDonald.
(c) Owen Hardy.
(d) William Waters.

4. Of Mrs. Floyd, Mattie says in Chapter 5 that she “could no more keep her mouth closed than can a” what?
(a) “Alaskan salmon.”
(b) “Blue crabs.”
(c) “Yellow catfish.”
(d) “Maine lobster.”

5. Mattie describes the undertaker that she and Yarnell go to see about her father’s body as being what in Chapter 2?
(a) An Englishman.
(b) An Irishman.
(c) A Scotsman.
(d) A Yankee.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many horses does Tom Chaney have with him when Mattie finds him in Chapter 7?

2. Ranger LaBoeuf tells Mattie that she has what kind of manner in Chapter 4?

3. Where does Quincy claim they got the horses in Chapter 6 when questioned about them by Rooster?

4. Which U.S. marshal does the sheriff say in Chapter 2 brings in prisoners alive and “believes even the worst of men is entitled to a fair shake”?

5. What song does the preacher lead the men about to be hung in as Mattie watches in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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