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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 character in the story Ada reads to Ruby does Ruby believe resembles her father?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Lancelot.
(c) Beowulf.
(d) Sir Gawain.

2. Who arrives while Ada and Ruby listen to the prisoner yelling from his second story prison cell?
(a) The Federals.
(b) The Home Guard.
(c) The sheriff.
(d) A Confederate military company.

3. Who is Swimmer and why does Inman think about him after reading the news?
(a) Swimmer is a childhood enemy who has married Inman's girl.
(b) Swimmer is a Cherokee friend of Inman's whom he is afraid might be fighting the Federals.
(c) Swimmer is a childhood enemy who is fighting the Federals in Tennessee.
(d) Swimmer is a childhood friend whom Inman believes is with the Home Guard.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Inman dream of living one day?

2. Where does Inman wake in the opening scene of The Shadow of a Crow?

3. Who is Ruby's father?

4. In the chapter, Naught and Grief, who has joined Stobrod and Pangle?

5. Why does a neighbor have such a grudge against Stobrod that he often shoots at him when he passes his farm?

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