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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Stobrod Trewes, Ruby's father.
(c) Teague, the leader of the Home Guard.
(d) Sally, a friend of Inman's.

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

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

4. Where was Stobrod the last time Ruby heard of him?
(a) In prison.
(b) In the army at Sharpsburg.
(c) In the Home Guard roaming Cold Mountain.
(d) In the hospital in Charleston.

5. What caused Ruby to spend the night in the woods when she is only four?
(a) She is lost in the dark.
(b) She is injured in a rock slide.
(c) She becomes attached to a blackthorn tree.
(d) She is cornered by a mother bear protecting her cub.

6. Why does a preacher believe Inman means to kill him?
(a) Because the preacher attempted to kill an innocent girl to hide his sins.
(b) Becase the preacher threatened to turn Inman in to the Home Guard.
(c) Because the preacher attempted to kill Inman.
(d) Because the preacher attempted to rob Inman.

7. Where does Inman wake in the opening scene of The Shadow of a Crow?
(a) A farm near Cold Mountain.
(b) A military camp.
(c) A cabin in the woods.
(d) A military hospital.

8. Who is the woman named Laura that Inman meets in the chapter, Life Any Other Thing, a Gift?
(a) Laura is the wife of a farmer Inman helps by cutting up a bull that has died in the river by his farm.
(b) Laura is the woman the preacher has gotten pregnant and wants to kill to hide his indiscretion.
(c) Laura is the war widow Inman meets beside Deep River.
(d) Laura is the sister of a Home Guardsmen who ambushes Inman at Deep River.

9. What type of saw do Inman and Veasey find?
(a) A crosscut saw.
(b) A lumberman's saw.
(c) A circular saw.
(d) A sabertooth saw.

10. Where did Inman meet Ada for the first time?
(a) At the local store.
(b) At church.
(c) At the local school.
(d) At a friend's house.

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

12. What happens to Inman after he drinks some fluid Lila gave him?
(a) He becomes violently ill.
(b) He falls asleep.
(c) He is unable to fight off her attempts at seduction.
(d) He becomes instantly drunk.

13. 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 friend whom Inman believes is with the Home Guard.
(d) Swimmer is a childhood enemy who is fighting the Federals in Tennessee.

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

15. Who does the farmer sell Inman and Veasey to for $5 a head?
(a) The local law.
(b) The Home Guard.
(c) The Federals.
(d) The Confederate Army.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who cuts the face of Inman's companion for haggling too much over price?

2. Why did Ada's father choose Cold Mountain over a spa or other appropriate situation?

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

4. Where are the guests who visit Black Cove going?

5. What does the young man who takes Ada away during the party tell her?

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