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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Ada use to construct the item Ruby has told her to create?
(a) An old ball gown.
(b) An old cart.
(c) A peice of coal.
(d) Lard from the hog killed earlier in the year.
2. What has Ada done on the farm since her father's death?
(a) Ada has done nothing on the farm.
(b) Ada has hired a neighbor to care for the farm.
(c) Ada has sold the farm with the intention of returning to Charleston.
(d) Ada has taken the farm in hand and is running it efficiently.
3. Who is Ruby's father?
(a) Teague.
(b) Monroe.
(c) Inman's cousin.
(d) Stobrod Thewes.
4. 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) George.
(b) Junior.
(c) Balis.
(d) Frank.
5. Who was Monroe's favorite poet?
(a) Holmes.
(b) Palmer.
(c) Woodsworth.
(d) Whitman.
6. What is Ruby attempting to teach Ada while living at Black Cove?
(a) How to be in tune with nature.
(b) The teachings of the Koran.
(c) Druid Spirituality.
(d) The beliefs of the Catholic Church.
7. As Inman continues his journey, who does he come across who helps him?
(a) Thewes.
(b) Swimmer.
(c) A yellow slave.
(d) A war widow.
8. What income did Ada and her father live on?
(a) Investments only.
(b) An inheritance from the family of Ada's mother.
(c) An investment and a small section of the farm.
(d) The farm only.
9. Where is Inman's companion planning on going?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Texas.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) California.
10. From whom is the letter Ruby brings Ada in the chapter, In Place of the Truth?
(a) A solicitor.
(b) Thewes.
(c) Inman.
(d) Her cousin.
11. What object does Ruby instruct Ada to create in the chapter, In Place of the Truth?
(a) A picnic table.
(b) A scarecrow.
(c) A bar of soap.
(d) A drawing of a heron.
12. What does Inman say happened in Petersburg?
(a) A group of Indians massacred a Union company.
(b) A group of Confederates ambushed some Federals.
(c) A group of Home Guardsmen murdered a group of deserters.
(d) A group of Federal tunnelers blew up a Confederate company.
13. Who believes parties are a waste of time and energy?
(a) Sally.
(b) Ada.
(c) Ruby.
(d) Laura.
14. What do Ruby and Ada have in common?
(a) They are both orphans.
(b) They are both well educated.
(c) They are both rich, spoiled young women.
(d) They were both raised without mothers.
15. Why does Inman become upset about Ada's reaction to his story?
(a) Ada laughs at the story.
(b) Ada belittles Inman for believing in the story.
(c) Ada says the story is false.
(d) Ada calls the story folkloric.
Short Answer Questions
1. What skill does Ada not have that she might need to survive on her own?
2. What does Inman read about in the newspaper while in town?
3. What does the farmer insist Inman do with his wife after catching them in a lover's embrace?
4. Who tells Ada at a Christmas party that she should marry Inman?
5. What caused Ruby to spend the night in the woods when she is only four?
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