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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. Where does a young man take Ada during this party?
(a) To an abandoned cabin.
(b) On a stroll in the woods.
(c) In a boat on the river.
(d) To the barn to see a new horse.

2. What does Ruby do with the trapped animal from the cornfield?
(a) Feeds him breakfast and threatens to shoot him if he steals from her again.
(b) Feeds him to the cows.
(c) Lets him go.
(d) Gives him supplies and directions.

3. What does Veasey believe they should do with the saw?
(a) Use it to murder a prostitute who crossed them.
(b) Give it to a farmer in need.
(c) Trade it for food.
(d) Sell it for money.

4. What is the topic of conversation when Ruby and Ada visit a friend in the chapter Source and Root?
(a) The war and the nobility of the sacrifice the men have made.
(b) The war and the wounded from their town.
(c) The war and the horrible consequences.
(d) The war and the romance surrounding it.

5. How many people were originally in the grief stricken mother's family that Inman meets in the chapter, A Vow to Bear?
(a) 9.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Ruby to spend the night in the woods when she is only four?

2. Why does Veasey hit his companion over the head in the chapter Exile and Brute Wandering?

3. Who comes to Sara's house the next morning after she and Inman share a bed?

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

5. What gun does Inman notice in a settlement where he stops to pick up supplies?

(see the answer key)

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