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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Ashes of Roses".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the spell Inman speaks after the fight he is forced into outside the settlement?
(a) To End a Life.
(b) To Catch a Theif.
(c) To Catch an Ilness.
(d) To Destroy Life.

2. What do Ruby and Ada do when these visitors surprise them at Black Cove while they are preparing the winter garden?
(a) Cowar as the visitors raid their supplies.
(b) Feed them a chicken dinner and give them supplies.
(c) Run away and hide.
(d) Offer up their money and a few animals for food.

3. Where did Inman learn this spell?
(a) From Swimmer, a childhood friend.
(b) From his mother.
(c) From an old, tattooed Cherokee woman.
(d) From his father.

4. Why did Ada and her father move to Cold Mountain?
(a) Ada's father had tuberculosis.
(b) Ada's grandfather had tuberculosis.
(c) Ada had tuberculosis.
(d) Ada's mother had tuberculosis.

5. What does Ruby suggest Ada sell to generate some money to help them survive the winter?
(a) Either the coffee or the tabacco crop.
(b) Either the house or a few acres of land.
(c) Either the hog or the horse.
(d) Either the piano or the cabriolet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ada decide not to return to Charleston after her father's death?

2. What has Ada done on the farm since her father's death?

3. What did Ada later learn happened to this young man who spent time alone with her during her final party in Charleston?

4. What does Inman do to help Laura?

5. After the death of her father, what does Ada learn about her financial situation?

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