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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Source and Root".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What confession does the person Inman meets at Deep River make?
(a) That he has stolen food from a nearby store.
(b) That he has impregnanted a woman not his fiancee.
(c) That she has killed her husband.
(d) That she has run away from her husband with all the family money.

2. What is Ruby attempting to teach Ada while living at Black Cove?
(a) Druid Spirituality.
(b) How to be in tune with nature.
(c) The beliefs of the Catholic Church.
(d) The teachings of the Koran.

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

4. Who cuts the face of Inman's companion for haggling too much over price?
(a) The barkeeper.
(b) The shopkeeper.
(c) The inn keeper.
(d) The prostitute named Tildy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who does Inman dream of as he sleeps the night after meeting the Gypsies?

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

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

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