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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the woman named Laura that Inman meets in the chapter, Life Any Other Thing, a Gift?

2. What happens as Inman slowly crosses the river?

3. Who introduced Inman to Ada?

4. Why does a neighbor have such a grudge against Stobrod that he often shoots at him when he passes his farm?

5. Why does Inman believe the person he sees at Deep River is up to no good?

(see the answer key)

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