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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 does Inman take with him when he leaves the hospital at the end of the first chapter?
(a) Inman takes his readied haversack and the manuscript Balis was working on.
(b) Inman takes his readied haversack and a picture he admired that belonged to his now dead neighbor.
(c) Inman takes nothing but a change of clothes.
(d) Inman takes a book and money he took from his neighbor who has died.

2. How does Inman attempt to cross the river?
(a) On a ferry.
(b) In a canoe piloted by the daughter of the ferryman.
(c) In a boat he finds tied to a tree on the shore.
(d) On a small raft someone has left abandoned.

3. Why does Inman walk into town?
(a) To show the doctors he is ready to return to his unit.
(b) To visit a friend.
(c) To post a letter.
(d) To buy supplies

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

5. What income did Ada and her father live on?
(a) An investment and a small section of the farm.
(b) An inheritance from the family of Ada's mother.
(c) The farm only.
(d) Investments only.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Inman meet Ada for the first time?

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

3. Who introduced Inman to Ada?

4. What do Ruby and Ada have in common?

5. What is the purpose of the spell Inman speaks?

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