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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Life Any Other Thing, a Gift".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ada decide not to return to Charleston after her father's death?
(a) Ada feels Cold Mountain is the only place where she belongs.
(b) Ada has bad memories of her childhood in Charleston.
(c) Ada feels she has nothing to go back to.
(d) Ada does not like her relatives in Charleston.

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

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

4. 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 a corridor of trees.
(c) A figure running in an open meadow.
(d) A figure walking in snow.

5. What is Ada looking for when she goes searching in the basement?
(a) Wine she thinks her father hid there.
(b) Signs of rodents.
(c) Champagne left from a party.
(d) A rare book her father kept there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ada's father often preach about during church services?

2. What text is Balis, Inman's neighbor in the hospital, translating into English?

3. Who is Ruby's father?

4. Who tells Ada at a Christmas party that she should marry Inman?

5. What caused Ruby to spend the night in the woods when she is only four?

(see the answer key)

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