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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. Who tells Ada at a Christmas party that she should marry Inman?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Sally.
(c) Teague.
(d) Monroe.

2. How did this person come to compose his own music?
(a) He was inspired by a dying girl he was paid to perform for.
(b) He was inspired by the death and destruction he witnessed in the war.
(c) He was inspired by his daughter.
(d) He was inspired by the death of the woman he loved.

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

4. Why does Inman walk into town?
(a) To post a letter.
(b) To buy supplies
(c) To show the doctors he is ready to return to his unit.
(d) To visit a friend.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Stobrod claim is Ruby's true father?

2. Who was Monroe's favorite poet?

3. What object does Ruby instruct Ada to create in the chapter, In Place of the Truth?

4. What type of animal does the new person Inman meets in the chapter, The Doing of It, raise?

5. What does Inman do to the farmer who sold him and Veasey?

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