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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. What does Ada tell Inman about her relationship with Ruby?

2. How many people were originally in the grief stricken mother's family that Inman meets in the chapter, A Vow to Bear?

3. Who comes to Sara's house the next morning after she and Inman share a bed?

4. Why does Sara ask Inman to share her bed?

5. In the chapter, A Satisfied Mind, what does Ruby take into town to trade for beef?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Inman learn about his new companion that leads him to a conclusion about his own future?

2. Who helps Inman with his injuries?

3. Who attacks Sara's home while Inman is there?

4. Who comes across Stobrod and Pangle, asking them questions before lining them up in front of a tree and shooting them?

5. What decision does Inman make the following morning about his future?

6. Who tells Ruby and Ada about the shooting of Pangle and Stobrod? How did this witness survive?

7. Who do Ruby, Ada, Stobrod, and Inman run into on their way to Black Cove?

8. What do Ada and Ruby find when they come to Stobrod's camp?

9. What does Inman find when he finally reaches Black Cove?

10. What does Stobrod finally confess he wants from Ruby?

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

What was Ada's relationship with her father like? How is it different from Ruby's relationship with her own father? How is it similar? Did Ada's relationship with her father affect her personality? If so, how? Was Ada's relationship with her father harmful? In what way? How could Ada's life have been different if her father had been different?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Stobrod begin caring for the simple-minded man who joins the deserters? What does Stobrod hope to gain from this friendship? How does this friendship between her father and the simple man affect Ruby? What does this friendship say about Stobrod's character? Does this friendship show a change in Stobrod's character? How?

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