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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 does Ruby find in the trap she set in the cornfield?
(a) A Federal.
(b) Her father.
(c) A squirrel.
(d) A raccoon.

2. How does Inman attempt to cross the river?
(a) On a small raft someone has left abandoned.
(b) In a boat he finds tied to a tree on the shore.
(c) On a ferry.
(d) In a canoe piloted by the daughter of the ferryman.

3. What happens to the men who steal from Sara's home?
(a) Inman kills them and retrieves Sara's belongings.
(b) They run into a band of Indians who scalp them.
(c) Sara shoots them with her husband's riffle.
(d) They have an accident on their starved horses.

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

5. What happens to Veasey and Inman after they leave the farmer's home?
(a) They are put in jail.
(b) They are placed in a new army regiment.
(c) They are forced to pledge allegiance to the Union.
(d) They are shot by the Home Guard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Ruby and Ada do when these visitors surprise them at Black Cove while they are preparing the winter garden?

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

3. Where does Inman dream of living one day?

4. What does Inman do to help Laura?

5. What does Inman read about in the newspaper while in town?

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