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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ruby live while helping Ada at Black Cove?
(a) In the barn with the animals.
(b) In the old servants' cabin.
(c) In the house with Ada.
(d) In town.

2. What did Ada's father often preach about during church services?
(a) Why man is doomed to failure.
(b) Why man is burdened with free will.
(c) Why man was created.
(d) Why man is born to die.

3. What does Inman do to the farmer who sold him and Veasey?
(a) Sends the law to his house.
(b) Steals away his wife.
(c) Shoots him.
(d) Clubs him to death with his gun.

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

5. Who is the woman named Laura that Inman meets in the chapter, Life Any Other Thing, a Gift?
(a) Laura is the war widow Inman meets beside Deep River.
(b) Laura is the sister of a Home Guardsmen who ambushes Inman at Deep River.
(c) Laura is the woman the preacher has gotten pregnant and wants to kill to hide his indiscretion.
(d) Laura is the wife of a farmer Inman helps by cutting up a bull that has died in the river by his farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What vision does Ada see when Esco encourages her to look backwards down a well in a mirror?

2. What does Ruby do with the trapped animal from the cornfield?

3. Why does Inman's progress begin to slow in the chapter, The Doing of It?

4. Which of Teague's men argues that they need to bring in a living prisoner?

5. What does Inman learn about this new person that leaves him feeling as though solitude might not be the answer?

(see the answer key)

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