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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Naught and Grief".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the leader of these men order be done with Stobrod and Pangle after they get the answers they needed?
(a) He orders them hung.
(b) He orders that they be allowed to go free.
(c) He orders them shot.
(d) He orders them arrested.

2. What did Ada later learn happened to this young man who spent time alone with her during her final party in Charleston?
(a) That he was killed at Gettysburg.
(b) That he married another young woman.
(c) That he became a politician.
(d) That he became a preacher.

3. Who comes to Black Cove as Ada and Ruby ready the winter garden?
(a) A group of women and children fleeing the Federals in Tennessee.
(b) The Federals.
(c) A group of deserters from Fredricksburg.
(d) The Home Guard.

4. Who rides up and begins asking Strobrod and Pangle questions?
(a) Some Federals.
(b) An Indian scout.
(c) A Confederate scout.
(d) The Home Guard led by Teague.

5. What character in the story Ada reads to Ruby does Ruby believe resembles her father?
(a) Lancelot.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Sir Gawain.
(d) Beowulf.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Inman learn about this new person that leaves him feeling as though solitude might not be the answer?

3. What causes Stobrod and his companions to become ill in the chapter Naught and Grief?

4. Who is Waldo, mentioned in the chapter Ashes of Roses?

5. What do Ruby and Ada do when these visitors surprise them at Black Cove while they are preparing the winter garden?

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