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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Color of Despair".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Inman dream of living one day?
(a) In a cabin high in the moutains.
(b) In the flatlands he is traveling through.
(c) At Black Cove with Ada.
(d) In a big city in the East.

2. What text is Balis, Inman's neighbor in the hospital, translating into English?
(a) A French text.
(b) A Latin text.
(c) A Spanish text.
(d) A Greek text.

3. Where does Inman wake in the opening scene of The Shadow of a Crow?
(a) A military camp.
(b) A military hospital.
(c) A cabin in the woods.
(d) A farm near Cold Mountain.

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

5. Who does Inman write a letter to at the end of the first chapter?
(a) Inman writes a letter to his brother.
(b) Inman writes a letter to his mother.
(c) Inman writes a letter to the girl he met the summer he spent in the woods attempting to learn the Cherokee ways.
(d) Inman writes a letter to the girl who sat on his lap four years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the blind man sell outside the hospital?

2. What did Ada's father often preach about during church services?

3. What gun does Inman notice in a settlement where he stops to pick up supplies?

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

5. How long has Ada lived in Black Cove?

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