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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ruby talk extensively about as she and Ada walk into town in the chapter, Source and Root?
(a) Farming.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Birds.
(d) Cows.

2. What contest do Ada and Ruby have one night in the chapter, In Place of the Truth?
(a) A story writing competition.
(b) A hair braiding competition.
(c) A horse riding competition.
(d) A milking competition.

3. What crime does this farmer believe his wife has committed?
(a) Murder.
(b) Robbery of a local store.
(c) Adultery.
(d) Prostitution.

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

5. What caused Ruby to spend the night in the woods when she is only four?
(a) She is injured in a rock slide.
(b) She becomes attached to a blackthorn tree.
(c) She is lost in the dark.
(d) She is cornered by a mother bear protecting her cub.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the blind man sell outside the hospital?

2. Why did Monroe not marry Ada's mother when they were both younger?

3. What does Inman do with the saw?

4. What does the farmer insist Inman do with his wife after catching them in a lover's embrace?

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

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