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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "A Satisfied Mind".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Inman's progress begin to slow in the chapter, The Doing of It?
(a) Inman has contracted an illness in his chest, is running a fever, and is delirious.
(b) Inman is injured, both from a wound to the head and the wound in his neck from the war battle.
(c) Inman is beginning to doubt his decision to walk away from his committment to the army and is considering returning.
(d) Inman has begun to starve to death and the malnutrition is making him so sick he cannot walk very well.

2. What kind of gun does Inman's companion carry?
(a) A Colt.
(b) A LeMat's pistol.
(c) A Remington.
(d) A Whitworth .45 riffle.

3. What does the young man who takes Ada away during the party tell her?
(a) That he wants to be president of the new Confederacy.
(b) That he wants to be a preacher one day.
(c) That he is afraid of being killed in battle.
(d) That he is in love with her.

4. From whom is the letter Ruby brings Ada in the chapter, In Place of the Truth?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Thewes.
(c) Inman.
(d) A solicitor.

5. Why does Sara agree to launder and mend Inman's clothes?
(a) In payment for repairs he agrees to do to her cabin.
(b) In payment for food Inman gives her.
(c) In payment for him slaughtering her hog.
(d) In payment for farm work Inman agrees to do.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruby find in the trap she set in the cornfield?

2. What reason does Stobrod give for wanting to live at Black Cove?

3. What book does Inman read while in the hospital?

4. Who joins Inman on his journey in the chapter, Exile and Brute Wandering?

5. What caused Ruby to spend the night in the woods when she is only four?

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