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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 Inman take with him when he leaves the hospital at the end of the first chapter?
(a) Inman takes his readied haversack and the manuscript Balis was working on.
(b) Inman takes nothing but a change of clothes.
(c) Inman takes his readied haversack and a picture he admired that belonged to his now dead neighbor.
(d) Inman takes a book and money he took from his neighbor who has died.

2. What caused Ruby to spend the night in the woods when she is only four?
(a) She becomes attached to a blackthorn tree.
(b) She is cornered by a mother bear protecting her cub.
(c) She is lost in the dark.
(d) She is injured in a rock slide.

3. What did Ada's father often preach about during church services?
(a) Why man is born to die.
(b) Why man is doomed to failure.
(c) Why man is burdened with free will.
(d) Why man was created.

4. What does Inman do to help Laura?
(a) Inman seduces Laura and agrees to marry her.
(b) Inman returns her to her home, safe and sound.
(c) Inman takes Laura to a settlement where she might find her husband.
(d) Inman save Laura from a group of Federals who want to steal her only means of survival.

5. What woman reminds Inman of Ada?
(a) A blond woman in a fancy dress.
(b) A brunette on a bull.
(c) A dark haired woman on a horse.
(d) A red haired woman in a bathing suit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Swimmer and why does Inman think about him after reading the news?

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

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

4. What is Ada looking for when she goes searching in the basement?

5. Why does Ada decide not to return to Charleston after her father's death?

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