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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Black Bark in Winter".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character in the story Ada reads to Ruby does Ruby believe resembles her father?
(a) Beowulf.
(b) Sir Gawain.
(c) Lancelot.
(d) Odysseus.

2. Where does Inman dream of living one day?
(a) At Black Cove with Ada.
(b) In the flatlands he is traveling through.
(c) In a big city in the East.
(d) In a cabin high in the moutains.

3. What does Inman learn about this new person that leaves him feeling as though solitude might not be the answer?
(a) That she is lonesome and he would be too.
(b) That solitude is boring.
(c) That she risks death every time she does anything that could lead to injury.
(d) That solitude leads to insanity.

4. Why does Ruby come to Black Cove?
(a) Ruby wants to befriend Ada.
(b) Ruby wants to buy Ada's animals.
(c) Ruby wants to offer her services to Ada.
(d) Ruby wants to buy Black Cove.

5. Who does Inman run into in the middle of the night at Deep River?
(a) A preacher.
(b) A farmer with a wounded bull.
(c) A Home Guardsman.
(d) A war widow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Inman dream of as he sleeps the night after meeting the Gypsies?

2. What happens to Inman after he drinks some fluid Lila gave him?

3. Why does a neighbor have such a grudge against Stobrod that he often shoots at him when he passes his farm?

4. What does Veasey believe they should do with the saw?

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

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