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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Monroe not marry Ada's mother when they were both younger?
(a) He did not meet her till they were older.
(b) She was already married to someone else.
(c) Her father would not allow the marriage to take place.
(d) He caught her kissing another man.

3. What story does Ada recall Inman telling her?
(a) An Indian story about the origins of Cold Mountain.
(b) An Indian story about a tribe's inability to enter the hidden room behind Shining Rock.
(c) How Swimmer once taught him a spell called To Cause Grave Illness.
(d) The story of his birth and early childhood.

4. Who believes parties are a waste of time and energy?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Sally.
(c) Laura.
(d) Ada.

5. What crime does this farmer believe his wife has committed?
(a) Robbery of a local store.
(b) Prostitution.
(c) Adultery.
(d) Murder.

6. What does the blind man answer when Inman asks if he would like to be able to see for ten minutes?
(a) Yes, but for much longer than ten minutes.
(b) Yes, especially if he could see a beautiful woman during that time.
(c) No, because it would only leave him angry and bitter.
(d) No, because he does not want to see a country that could turn on its brothers.

7. What does Inman do to help Laura?
(a) Inman takes Laura to a settlement where she might find her husband.
(b) Inman returns her to her home, safe and sound.
(c) Inman save Laura from a group of Federals who want to steal her only means of survival.
(d) Inman seduces Laura and agrees to marry her.

8. What kind of food does Inman find in the chapter Exile and Brute Wandering?
(a) Cheese and chicken.
(b) Fresh deer meat.
(c) Honey and catfish.
(d) A fresh vegetable garden.

9. Who is Swimmer and why does Inman think about him after reading the news?
(a) Swimmer is a Cherokee friend of Inman's whom he is afraid might be fighting the Federals.
(b) Swimmer is a childhood enemy who has married Inman's girl.
(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.

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

11. Where did a man see a black woman placed in a cage and left for the buzzards to torment?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Georgia.

12. What does the young man who takes Ada away during the party tell her?
(a) That he wants to be a preacher one day.
(b) That he is in love with her.
(c) That he wants to be president of the new Confederacy.
(d) That he is afraid of being killed in battle.

13. Why did Ada believe she was the product of a marriage of convenience?
(a) Because her father told her she was.
(b) Because her parents were older when they married.
(c) Because her mother told her she was.
(d) Because her parents divorced soon after her birth.

14. After the death of her father, what does Ada learn about her financial situation?
(a) The farm was left to Ada's cousin, making her dependent on family for income.
(b) Ada should return to Charleston to inherit her money.
(c) There is no money left.
(d) Ada has plenty of money to live on.

15. Who do Ada and Ruby go to visit while in town in the chapter, Source and Root?
(a) Mrs. McKennet, a friend of Monroe's.
(b) Sally, a friend of Inman's.
(c) Teague, the leader of the Home Guard.
(d) Stobrod Trewes, Ruby's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Teague's men argues that they need to bring in a living prisoner?

2. Who is Waldo, mentioned in the chapter Ashes of Roses?

3. What does Inman steal while at the same time leaving money for its cost?

4. What did Ada later learn happened to this young man who spent time alone with her during her final party in Charleston?

5. What confession does the person Inman meets at Deep River make?

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