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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "To Live Like a Gamecock".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Veasey and Inman after they leave the farmer's home?
(a) They are forced to pledge allegiance to the Union.
(b) They are shot by the Home Guard.
(c) They are placed in a new army regiment.
(d) They are put in jail.

2. What happens as Inman slowly crosses the river?
(a) Someone begins firing at the canoe.
(b) The boat's owner chases after him.
(c) The ferry sinks.
(d) The raft falls apart.

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

4. Why is a group of people drawn to the street underneath the window of a prisoner?
(a) Because the prisoner is claiming that he was arrested on false charges and the real criminal is one of the policemen.
(b) Because the prisoner is threatening to commit suicide.
(c) Because the prisoner is explaining how he is a war hero who only came home to see his wife.
(d) Because the prisoner is claiming police brutality.

5. What guards the farms that Inman passes in the flatlands?
(a) Wild boars.
(b) Wild dogs.
(c) Wild humans.
(d) Wild leopards.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Waldo, mentioned in the chapter Ashes of Roses?

2. What did Ada later learn happened to this young man who spent time alone with her during her final party in Charleston?

3. What has Ada done on the farm since her father's death?

4. What is the topic of conversation when Ruby and Ada visit a friend in the chapter Source and Root?

5. Who comes to Ruby's rescue?

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