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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. Where does Inman dream of living one day?
(a) In a big city in the East.
(b) In a cabin high in the moutains.
(c) At Black Cove with Ada.
(d) In the flatlands he is traveling through.

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

3. Who is the woman named Laura that Inman meets in the chapter, Life Any Other Thing, a Gift?
(a) Laura is the sister of a Home Guardsmen who ambushes Inman at Deep River.
(b) Laura is the woman the preacher has gotten pregnant and wants to kill to hide his indiscretion.
(c) Laura is the war widow Inman meets beside Deep River.
(d) Laura is the wife of a farmer Inman helps by cutting up a bull that has died in the river by his farm.

4. Why does Ada find herself sitting in Inman's lap?
(a) She was drunk and became unstable.
(b) He pulled her into his lap for a kiss.
(c) She was attempting to seduce him.
(d) She became faint and giddy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What item did Inman find on a battlefield and hide during his medical ordeal?

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

3. What has Ada done on the farm since her father's death?

4. What does Inman do to help Laura?

5. What does Ada decide to sell in order to generate some money to help them through winter?

(see the answer key)

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