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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does this person who joins Inman in the chapter, Exile and Brute Wandering, tell Inman about what happened to him after their last meeting?
(a) That the townspeople beat him and cut his hair.
(b) That he was fighting the Federals but decided to return home.
(c) That he was robbed of all his possessions and decided to move on.
(d) That he was forced out of the Home Guard for being too brutal.

2. What is the name of the spell Inman speaks after the fight he is forced into outside the settlement?
(a) To Catch an Ilness.
(b) To Catch a Theif.
(c) To Destroy Life.
(d) To End a Life.

3. How does Inman escape his ordeal after leaving the farmer's home?
(a) Inman and Veasey run away in the middle of the night.
(b) Inman and Veasey decide they are better off where they are and do nothing.
(c) Inman and Veasey are rescued by Lila, the farmer's wife.
(d) Inman survives the shooting and is able to cut his restraints with a rock.

4. What does Ruby talk extensively about as she and Ada walk into town in the chapter, Source and Root?
(a) Cows.
(b) Farming.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Birds.

5. Why does Inman become upset about Ada's reaction to his story?
(a) Ada belittles Inman for believing in the story.
(b) Ada says the story is false.
(c) Ada calls the story folkloric.
(d) Ada laughs at the story.

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

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

8. Where does Ruby live while helping Ada at Black Cove?
(a) In the house with Ada.
(b) In the barn with the animals.
(c) In the old servants' cabin.
(d) In town.

9. What income did Ada and her father live on?
(a) Investments only.
(b) An investment and a small section of the farm.
(c) The farm only.
(d) An inheritance from the family of Ada's mother.

10. At whose house did Ada attend her final party in Charleston?
(a) Her cousin's.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) Her aunt's.
(d) Her grandparent's.

11. 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 wants to be president of the new Confederacy.
(c) That he is afraid of being killed in battle.
(d) That he is in love with her.

12. Who attacks Inman as he leaves the area where the settlement was?
(a) Two women and a shopkeeper.
(b) Two men and a blacksmith.
(c) Two men and a prostitute.
(d) Two women and a blacksmith.

13. What has Ada done on the farm since her father's death?
(a) Ada has sold the farm with the intention of returning to Charleston.
(b) Ada has hired a neighbor to care for the farm.
(c) Ada has taken the farm in hand and is running it efficiently.
(d) Ada has done nothing on the farm.

14. What does Ada decide to sell in order to generate some money to help them through winter?
(a) A few acres of land and the tabacco crop.
(b) The horse and some coffee.
(c) The cabriolet and the hog.
(d) The piano.

15. Who does Inman dream of as he sleeps the night after meeting the Gypsies?
(a) Sally.
(b) Ada.
(c) Ruby.
(d) Laura.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the topic of conversation when Ruby and Ada visit a friend in the chapter Source and Root?

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

3. Why does Ada decide not to return to Charleston after her father's death?

4. Who is the woman named Laura that Inman meets in the chapter, Life Any Other Thing, a Gift?

5. What did Ada's father often preach about during church services?

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