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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. Which of Teague's men argues that they need to bring in a living prisoner?
(a) Birch.
(b) Byron.
(c) Ayron.
(d) Thewes.

2. While cooking corn mash, Inman smells what downstream?
(a) That the corn is spoiled.
(b) A dead animal.
(c) Real food being cooked.
(d) The approach of diry, smelly men.

3. What does Inman say happened in Petersburg?
(a) A group of Indians massacred a Union company.
(b) A group of Home Guardsmen murdered a group of deserters.
(c) A group of Federal tunnelers blew up a Confederate company.
(d) A group of Confederates ambushed some Federals.

4. What does Inman read about in the newspaper while in town?
(a) About the Home Guard and the Cherokees fighting the Federals.
(b) About the death of a dear friend in the war.
(c) About the most recent battles in the war.
(d) About the attacks by Federals against women and children in Tennessee.

5. What does the farmer insist Inman do with his wife after catching them in a lover's embrace?
(a) Marry her.
(b) Kill her.
(c) Kill himself.
(d) Make love to her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Inman learn this spell?

3. What map does Inman follow on the next leg of his journey in the chapter, The Doing of It?

4. What happens to Veasey and Inman after they leave the farmer's home?

5. What does Inman take with him when he leaves the hospital at the end of the first chapter?

(see the answer key)

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