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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 do most Christians consider the fiddle, refer to it as?
(a) The Devil's Playground.
(b) The Devil's Instrument.
(c) The Devil's Box.
(d) The Devil's Guitar.

2. Who is Sara, a woman Inman meets in the chapter, Bride Bed Full of Blood?
(a) An old girlfriend of Veasey's.
(b) The defiled companion of a preacher.
(c) A hermit woman.
(d) A war widow.

3. Who is Claire Duchutes?
(a) Ruby's mother.
(b) Ada's mother.
(c) Inman's mother.
(d) Monroe's mother.

4. Why does Ada find herself sitting in Inman's lap?
(a) She was drunk and became unstable.
(b) He pulled her into his lap for a kiss.
(c) She was attempting to seduce him.
(d) She became faint and giddy.

5. What does Ruby instruct Ada to do while she is in town trading for beef?
(a) Split logs and burn brush.
(b) Build a scarecrow.
(c) Milk the cow.
(d) Plow the fields.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Inman meet as he comes to the end of his map in the chapter, The Doing of It?

2. What side of the war does Inman fight on?

3. Why does Inman believe the person he sees at Deep River is up to no good?

4. What does Ruby do with the trapped animal from the cornfield?

5. What does Inman dream about in the chapter, A Vow to Bear?

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