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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of saw do Inman and Veasey find?
(a) A circular saw.
(b) A crosscut saw.
(c) A sabertooth saw.
(d) A lumberman's saw.

2. What kind of gun does Inman's companion carry?
(a) A Colt.
(b) A Whitworth .45 riffle.
(c) A Remington.
(d) A LeMat's pistol.

3. Who invites Inman to join their camp?
(a) A group of deserters hiding from the Home Guard.
(b) A group of gypsies downstream from him.
(c) A Confederate army unit.
(d) A group of fugitives fleeing the Federals in Tennessee.

4. Why does Veasey hit his companion over the head in the chapter Exile and Brute Wandering?
(a) Because he refused to pay a prostitute for her services.
(b) Because he attempted to steal Inman's haversack.
(c) Because he attempted to molest a woman on the street.
(d) Because he attempted to rob a shop keeper.

5. Where does Inman dream of living one day?
(a) In the flatlands he is traveling through.
(b) At Black Cove with Ada.
(c) In a cabin high in the moutains.
(d) In a big city in the East.

6. Who does Inman meet who is in search of a slave he fell in love with on his father's prosperous farm?
(a) Veasey.
(b) Odell.
(c) Teague.
(d) Sally.

7. At whose house did Ada attend her final party in Charleston?
(a) Her aunt's.
(b) Her cousin's.
(c) Her best friend.
(d) Her grandparent's.

8. Who tells Ada at a Christmas party that she should marry Inman?
(a) Monroe.
(b) Teague.
(c) Sally.
(d) Ruby.

9. What is the name of the farmer who invites Inman and Veasey to spend the night at his farm after they help him remove a dead bull from the river?
(a) Balis.
(b) Frank.
(c) George.
(d) Junior.

10. As Inman continues his journey, who does he come across who helps him?
(a) Swimmer.
(b) A yellow slave.
(c) Thewes.
(d) A war widow.

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

12. Where does Inman wake in the opening scene of The Shadow of a Crow?
(a) A military hospital.
(b) A farm near Cold Mountain.
(c) A cabin in the woods.
(d) A military camp.

13. How long has Ada lived in Black Cove?
(a) Sixty years.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Six months.
(d) Six years.

14. Why is a group of people drawn to the street underneath the window of a prisoner?
(a) Because the prisoner is claiming police brutality.
(b) Because the prisoner is claiming that he was arrested on false charges and the real criminal is one of the policemen.
(c) Because the prisoner is threatening to commit suicide.
(d) Because the prisoner is explaining how he is a war hero who only came home to see his wife.

15. Who does Inman write a letter to at the end of the first chapter?
(a) Inman writes a letter to the girl who sat on his lap four years ago.
(b) Inman writes a letter to his brother.
(c) Inman writes a letter to the girl he met the summer he spent in the woods attempting to learn the Cherokee ways.
(d) Inman writes a letter to his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ruby's father?

2. What income did Ada and her father live on?

3. Who cuts the face of Inman's companion for haggling too much over price?

4. Who do Ada and Ruby go to visit while in town in the chapter, Source and Root?

5. Where are the guests who visit Black Cove going?

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