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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invites Inman to join their camp?

2. What guards the farms that Inman passes in the flatlands?

3. What does Inman read about in the newspaper while in town?

4. What is Ruby attempting to teach Ada while living at Black Cove?

5. What caused Ruby to spend the night in the woods when she is only four?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Ada think of as she watches the piano moved out of the house?

2. What does Inman do with a saw he and Veasey find?

3. What does Ruby instruct Ada to create?

4. Who is Odell and what story does he tell Inman?

5. Who attempts to seduce Inman by putting some sort of drug in his drink?

6. To whom does Junior sell Inman and Veasey for $5 a head?

7. Why do three men attack Inman outside a settlement where he stops to get supplies?

8. What happened to Ruby when she was only four?

9. On her last night in Charleston, Ada went out on the lake with what person? What do they discuss?

10. What surprises Ada about the circumstances of her conception and birth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Home Guard. What is the purpose of the Home Guard? Is Inman afraid of the Home Guard? Should Inman be afraid of the Home Guard? Why does Junior sell Inman to the Home Guard? What has Inman done to attract the attention of the Home Guard? What did Veasey do to deserve to be arrested by the Home Guard? Did the Home Guard have the right to shot their prisoners, including Veasey? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Greek translation. Why does Inman take this translation after the translator dies? What do these translations mean to Inman? What does Inman plan to do with them after he finds Ada? Does Inman ever get the chance to work on these translations? What is the coverless book Inman carries with him through his travels? Why does Inman read this book? What does this book teach him?

Essay Topic 3

What lesson is Inman repeatedly told to learn? Why? Why do people ask this of Inman? What do they hope he will learn from this lesson? Does Inman learn this lesson? What does this lesson teach Inman?

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