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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 has Ada done on the farm since her father's death?
(a) Ada has sold the farm with the intention of returning to Charleston.
(b) Ada has hired a neighbor to care for the farm.
(c) Ada has done nothing on the farm.
(d) Ada has taken the farm in hand and is running it efficiently.

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

3. What story does Ada read to Ruby in the chapter Ashes of Roses?
(a) The Odyssy.
(b) The Tale of the Green Knight.
(c) The Legend of King Arthur and the Round Table.
(d) Homer.

4. At whose house did Ada attend her final party in Charleston?
(a) Her aunt's.
(b) Her cousin's.
(c) Her grandparent's.
(d) Her best friend.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ada's father often preach about during church services?

2. What side of the war does Inman fight on?

3. Why does Veasey hit his companion over the head in the chapter Exile and Brute Wandering?

4. Why did Ada's father choose Cold Mountain over a spa or other appropriate situation?

5. Who arrives while Ada and Ruby listen to the prisoner yelling from his second story prison cell?

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