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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Color of Despair".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Inman read about in the newspaper while in town?
(a) About the most recent battles in the war.
(b) About the Home Guard and the Cherokees fighting the Federals.
(c) About the death of a dear friend in the war.
(d) About the attacks by Federals against women and children in Tennessee.

2. Where did Inman learn this spell?
(a) From an old, tattooed Cherokee woman.
(b) From Swimmer, a childhood friend.
(c) From his mother.
(d) From his father.

3. Why does Ada decide not to return to Charleston after her father's death?
(a) Ada has bad memories of her childhood in Charleston.
(b) Ada does not like her relatives in Charleston.
(c) Ada feels she has nothing to go back to.
(d) Ada feels Cold Mountain is the only place where she belongs.

4. What does the blind man sell outside the hospital?
(a) Medicine and peanuts.
(b) Chestnuts and drawings.
(c) Bibles and hot dogs.
(d) Peanuts and newspapers.

5. What book does Inman read while in the hospital?
(a) Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(b) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.
(c) Travels by William Bartram.
(d) Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Inman attempt to cross the river?

2. How long has Ada lived in Black Cove?

3. What is the purpose of the spell Inman speaks?

4. Who introduced Inman to Ada?

5. What gun does Inman notice in a settlement where he stops to pick up supplies?

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