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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 do most Christians consider the fiddle, refer to it as?

2. What does Inman hope Ada's reaction will be when she sees him?

3. What does Inman find when he eventually reaches Black Cove?

4. Who is Pangle?

5. What does Inman do to his companion's horse upon meeting up with another group of men?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who helps Inman with his injuries?

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

3. How does Inman end up at the home of a war widow?

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

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

6. How does Ada react when she first sees Inman? Does Ada react as Inman imagined she would?

7. Who once lived in the village that Ruby and Ada have brought Stobrod to?

8. What has caused an illness in Stobrod and his companions?

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

10. What animal does Inman dream about and later feel responsible for killing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Stobrod? How is Stobrod related to Ruby? Why does Ruby show hostility toward Stobrod? Does Stobrod deserve this hostility? Why or why not? How does Stobrod change from before he goes to war to when he returns? Does Ruby trust this change? Why or why not? What does Ada think of Stobrod's character? Does Ada like him? Does Ada's reaction affect Ruby in any way? How?

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

Who is Inman? Why is Inman in the hospital? What has Inman done to be there? What war is Inman fighting? What side of the war is Inman fighting for? Why? Does Inman believe in the war? Why or why not? Why did Inman enlist? Why does Inman leave the hospital? Is Inman allowed to leave the hospital? What does Inman hope to find at the end of his travels?

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