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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Ada's father choose Cold Mountain over a spa or other appropriate situation?
(a) Ada's father wanted to be close to the Indians indiginous to the area.
(b) Ada's father believed it was his calling to preach to the mountain people.
(c) Ada's father loved Cold Mountain.
(d) Ada's father felt the weather of Cold Mountain would be better than any other place.

2. Who does Inman run into in the middle of the night at Deep River?
(a) A Home Guardsman.
(b) A preacher.
(c) A farmer with a wounded bull.
(d) A war widow.

3. What text is Balis, Inman's neighbor in the hospital, translating into English?
(a) A French text.
(b) A Spanish text.
(c) A Greek text.
(d) A Latin text.

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

5. Who cuts the face of Inman's companion for haggling too much over price?
(a) The shopkeeper.
(b) The prostitute named Tildy.
(c) The barkeeper.
(d) The inn keeper.

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

7. What does Inman do with the saw?
(a) As a weapon in a robbery.
(b) Trades it for food.
(c) Cuts up a dead bull and then gives it to a farmer.
(d) Cuts up fire wood.

8. What does Ada use to construct the item Ruby has told her to create?
(a) Lard from the hog killed earlier in the year.
(b) An old cart.
(c) An old ball gown.
(d) A peice of coal.

9. What does Inman do to the farmer who sold him and Veasey?
(a) Clubs him to death with his gun.
(b) Sends the law to his house.
(c) Steals away his wife.
(d) Shoots him.

10. Who saves Inman's companion from being shot in a standoff with a drunk?
(a) A prostitute named Tildy.
(b) The local sheriff.
(c) The barkeeper.
(d) Inman.

11. Who is Claire Duchutes?
(a) Ada's mother.
(b) Inman's mother.
(c) Ruby's mother.
(d) Monroe's mother.

12. What happens to Veasey and Inman after they leave the farmer's home?
(a) They are placed in a new army regiment.
(b) They are put in jail.
(c) They are forced to pledge allegiance to the Union.
(d) They are shot by the Home Guard.

13. What animal does Stobrod claim is Ruby's true father?
(a) A bear.
(b) A horse.
(c) A lion.
(d) A heron.

14. Where does a young man take Ada during this party?
(a) In a boat on the river.
(b) On a stroll in the woods.
(c) To the barn to see a new horse.
(d) To an abandoned cabin.

15. What gun does Inman notice in a settlement where he stops to pick up supplies?
(a) Colt .45 revolver.
(b) Reminton rifle.
(c) Whitworth .45 rifle.
(d) LeMats revolver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Ada and her father move to Cold Mountain?

2. How does Inman escape his ordeal after leaving the farmer's home?

3. Why did Monroe not marry Ada's mother when they were both younger?

4. Who is the woman named Laura that Inman meets in the chapter, Life Any Other Thing, a Gift?

5. What does the farmer insist Inman do with his wife after catching them in a lover's embrace?

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