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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 happens as Inman slowly crosses the river?
(a) The raft falls apart.
(b) The ferry sinks.
(c) The boat's owner chases after him.
(d) Someone begins firing at the canoe.

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

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

4. What does the blind man answer when Inman asks if he would like to be able to see for ten minutes?
(a) No, because he does not want to see a country that could turn on its brothers.
(b) Yes, especially if he could see a beautiful woman during that time.
(c) No, because it would only leave him angry and bitter.
(d) Yes, but for much longer than ten minutes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ruby come to Black Cove?

2. What does Inman take with him when he leaves the hospital at the end of the first chapter?

3. Why did Ada and her father move to Cold Mountain?

4. Who was Monroe's favorite poet?

5. Why does Inman walk into town?

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