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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. Who was Monroe's favorite poet?
(a) Palmer.
(b) Holmes.
(c) Woodsworth.
(d) Whitman.

2. Who is Swimmer and why does Inman think about him after reading the news?
(a) Swimmer is a Cherokee friend of Inman's whom he is afraid might be fighting the Federals.
(b) Swimmer is a childhood enemy who has married Inman's girl.
(c) Swimmer is a childhood friend whom Inman believes is with the Home Guard.
(d) Swimmer is a childhood enemy who is fighting the Federals in Tennessee.

3. 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 a picture he admired that belonged to his now dead neighbor.
(b) Inman takes a book and money he took from his neighbor who has died.
(c) Inman takes nothing but a change of clothes.
(d) Inman takes his readied haversack and the manuscript Balis was working on.

4. What guards the farms that Inman passes in the flatlands?
(a) Wild boars.
(b) Wild dogs.
(c) Wild leopards.
(d) Wild humans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Inman wake in the opening scene of The Shadow of a Crow?

2. Who introduced Inman to Ada?

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

4. What income did Ada and her father live on?

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

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