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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 is the purpose of the spell Inman speaks?
(a) To cause an enemy to catch a terrible, disfiguring illness.
(b) To send an enemy to jail for their crimes.
(c) To cause one's enemies to go to Nightland alone, covered in dog excrement, and blue with despair.
(d) To cause an enemy to die in his sleep.

2. What vision does Ada see when Esco encourages her to look backwards down a well in a mirror?
(a) A figure running toward a river.
(b) A figure walking in snow.
(c) A figure walking in a corridor of trees.
(d) A figure running in an open meadow.

3. After the death of her father, what does Ada learn about her financial situation?
(a) The farm was left to Ada's cousin, making her dependent on family for income.
(b) Ada should return to Charleston to inherit her money.
(c) Ada has plenty of money to live on.
(d) There is no money left.

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

5. Why does Ruby come to Black Cove?
(a) Ruby wants to buy Black Cove.
(b) Ruby wants to befriend Ada.
(c) Ruby wants to buy Ada's animals.
(d) Ruby wants to offer her services to Ada.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What side of the war does Inman fight on?

4. What does Inman read about in the newspaper while in town?

5. Where did Inman learn this spell?

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