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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. What does the blind man sell outside the hospital?
(a) Peanuts and newspapers.
(b) Chestnuts and drawings.
(c) Bibles and hot dogs.
(d) Medicine and peanuts.

2. Where was Stobrod the last time Ruby heard of him?
(a) In the hospital in Charleston.
(b) In the army at Sharpsburg.
(c) In the Home Guard roaming Cold Mountain.
(d) In prison.

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 wife of a farmer Inman helps by cutting up a bull that has died in the river by his farm.
(d) Laura is the war widow Inman meets beside Deep River.

4. What does Inman read about in the newspaper while in town?
(a) About the Home Guard and the Cherokees fighting the Federals.
(b) About the death of a dear friend in the war.
(c) About the most recent battles in the war.
(d) About the attacks by Federals against women and children in Tennessee.

5. What side of the war does Inman fight on?
(a) Neither. Inman is not a soldier.
(b) Confederate.
(c) Union.
(d) Both. Inman is a neutral scout.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ada find herself sitting in Inman's lap?

2. What happens as Inman slowly crosses the river?

3. Where does Ruby live while helping Ada at Black Cove?

4. Who was Monroe's favorite poet?

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

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