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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Black Bark in Winter".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item did Inman find on a battlefield and hide during his medical ordeal?
(a) A picture of an unknown woman.
(b) A leather medicine bag.
(c) A Whitworth .45 riffle.
(d) A LeMat's pistol.

2. Who arrives while Ada and Ruby listen to the prisoner yelling from his second story prison cell?
(a) The Home Guard.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) The Federals.
(d) A Confederate military company.

3. What do most Christians consider the fiddle, refer to it as?
(a) The Devil's Instrument.
(b) The Devil's Guitar.
(c) The Devil's Box.
(d) The Devil's Playground.

4. Who does Ruby suggest came up with the idea of celebrating Thanksgiving?
(a) Southern ladies' groups.
(b) Northern religious groups.
(c) Northern morphine addicts.
(d) Southern business men.

5. Who was Monroe's favorite poet?
(a) Woodsworth.
(b) Whitman.
(c) Holmes.
(d) Palmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ada decide to sell in order to generate some money to help them through winter?

2. What happens to Veasey and Inman after they leave the farmer's home?

3. What does the blind man sell outside the hospital?

4. What does the young man who takes Ada away during the party tell her?

5. What type of saw do Inman and Veasey find?

(see the answer key)

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