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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 Ruby and Ada about the shooting of Stobrod and Pangle?
(a) One of the men who shot them.
(b) One of the outliers.
(c) The boy from Tennessee.
(d) The Georgia boy.

2. What contest do Ada and Ruby have one night in the chapter, In Place of the Truth?
(a) A hair braiding competition.
(b) A horse riding competition.
(c) A milking competition.
(d) A story writing competition.

3. What vision does Ada see when Esco encourages her to look backwards down a well in a mirror?
(a) A figure running toward a river.
(b) A figure walking in snow.
(c) A figure running in an open meadow.
(d) A figure walking in a corridor of trees.

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

5. What book does Inman read while in the hospital?
(a) Travels by William Bartram.
(b) Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(c) Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
(d) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Stobrod the last time Ruby heard of him?

2. Why did Ada believe she was the product of a marriage of convenience?

3. Where did a man see a black woman placed in a cage and left for the buzzards to torment?

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

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

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