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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. What skill does Ada not have that she might need to survive on her own?
(a) Ada cannot milk a cow.
(b) Ada cannot cook.
(c) Ada cannot sew.
(d) Ada cannot grow vegetables.

2. Why did Ada's father choose Cold Mountain over a spa or other appropriate situation?
(a) Ada's father believed it was his calling to preach to the mountain people.
(b) Ada's father loved Cold Mountain.
(c) Ada's father felt the weather of Cold Mountain would be better than any other place.
(d) Ada's father wanted to be close to the Indians indiginous to the area.

3. 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 the girl he met the summer he spent in the woods attempting to learn the Cherokee ways.
(c) Inman writes a letter to his mother.
(d) Inman writes a letter to the girl who sat on his lap four years ago.

4. What book does Inman read while in the hospital?
(a) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.
(b) Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
(c) Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(d) Travels by William Bartram.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the spell Inman speaks after the fight he is forced into outside the settlement?

2. How does Inman attempt to cross the river?

3. What guards the farms that Inman passes in the flatlands?

4. Who is Swimmer and why does Inman think about him after reading the news?

5. Where does Inman dream of living one day?

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