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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Footsteps in the Snow".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who attacks Inman as he leaves the area where the settlement was?
(a) Two women and a blacksmith.
(b) Two men and a blacksmith.
(c) Two women and a shopkeeper.
(d) Two men and a prostitute.

2. What does Ruby do with the trapped animal from the cornfield?
(a) Feeds him to the cows.
(b) Feeds him breakfast and threatens to shoot him if he steals from her again.
(c) Lets him go.
(d) Gives him supplies and directions.

3. What does Ruby instruct Ada to do while she is in town trading for beef?
(a) Build a scarecrow.
(b) Plow the fields.
(c) Split logs and burn brush.
(d) Milk the cow.

4. 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 married another young woman.
(b) That he was killed at Gettysburg.
(c) That he became a politician.
(d) That he became a preacher.

5. Where was Stobrod the last time Ruby heard of him?
(a) In prison.
(b) In the army at Sharpsburg.
(c) In the hospital in Charleston.
(d) In the Home Guard roaming Cold Mountain.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At whose house did Ada attend her final party in Charleston?

3. While cooking corn mash, Inman smells what downstream?

4. Who does the farmer sell Inman and Veasey to for $5 a head?

5. Why does Ruby come to Black Cove?

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