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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. How is Teague dressed?

2. Who arrives while Ada and Ruby listen to the prisoner yelling from his second story prison cell?

3. Why does Ruby come to Black Cove?

4. Why does a neighbor have such a grudge against Stobrod that he often shoots at him when he passes his farm?

5. Who is Ruby's father?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Inman learn happened to the preacher and his lover?

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

4. Why did Inman decide he would like to meet Ada?

5. What story does Ada read to Ruby? Which character reminds Ruby of her father?

6. Who joins Inman on his journey in the chapter, Exile and Brute Wandering?

7. What happens when Inman attempts to cross a river using the canoe of a young Indian woman?

8. To whom does Inman send a letter shortly before leaving the hospital?

9. Why have Ada and her father moved to Black Cove?

10. Who comes to the scene Ada and Ruby are watching?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Homecoming is a theme of the novel. Why does Inman want to return home? What is he hoping to come home to? How does Inman see the rest of his life playing out? Why does Inman decide to return home early from the war even though he will be considered a deserter? What does Inman's actions say about his emotional health? What do Inman's actions say about his feelings regarding the war?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Ruby? What kind of education does Ruby have? Where does Ruby come from? How are Ruby and Ada similar? How are they different? Why does Ruby come to live at Black Cove? What does Ruby want to do there? What does Ruby do there? How does Ruby impact Ada's life? Is this for the better? How?

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