View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do these men want to know about?
(a) Where the nearest town is.
(b) The band of outliers robbing rich slavers.
(c) Where Inman might be.
(d) What unit Stobrod and Pangle are with.

2. Who believes parties are a waste of time and energy?
(a) Laura.
(b) Sally.
(c) Ada.
(d) Ruby.

3. Why does Inman's progress begin to slow in the chapter, The Doing of It?
(a) Inman is injured, both from a wound to the head and the wound in his neck from the war battle.
(b) Inman is beginning to doubt his decision to walk away from his committment to the army and is considering returning.
(c) Inman has begun to starve to death and the malnutrition is making him so sick he cannot walk very well.
(d) Inman has contracted an illness in his chest, is running a fever, and is delirious.

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

5. In the chapter, Naught and Grief, who has joined Stobrod and Pangle?
(a) A young man from Georgia.
(b) A young Indian woman.
(c) Pangle's cousin.
(d) A young man from Tennessee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What map does Inman follow on the next leg of his journey in the chapter, The Doing of It?

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

3. How does this new person help Inman with his journey?

4. What story does Ada read to Ruby in the chapter Ashes of Roses?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 395 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample