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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Inman learn this spell?
(a) From his father.
(b) From his mother.
(c) From an old, tattooed Cherokee woman.
(d) From Swimmer, a childhood friend.

2. Why does Veasey hit his companion over the head in the chapter Exile and Brute Wandering?
(a) Because he attempted to steal Inman's haversack.
(b) Because he refused to pay a prostitute for her services.
(c) Because he attempted to molest a woman on the street.
(d) Because he attempted to rob a shop keeper.

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

4. What does the blind man sell outside the hospital?
(a) Peanuts and newspapers.
(b) Bibles and hot dogs.
(c) Chestnuts and drawings.
(d) Medicine and peanuts.

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

6. Why does Inman believe the person he sees at Deep River is up to no good?
(a) The person appears nervous and incoherent.
(b) The person has a weapon.
(c) The person blushes when questioned.
(d) There is a person bundled up on the back of his horse.

7. How long has Ada lived in Black Cove?
(a) Six years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Sixty years.

8. Who invites Inman to join their camp?
(a) A Confederate army unit.
(b) A group of deserters hiding from the Home Guard.
(c) A group of gypsies downstream from him.
(d) A group of fugitives fleeing the Federals in Tennessee.

9. What item did Inman find on a battlefield and hide during his medical ordeal?
(a) A picture of an unknown woman.
(b) A Whitworth .45 riffle.
(c) A leather medicine bag.
(d) A LeMat's pistol.

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

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

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

13. What story does Ada read to Ruby in the chapter Ashes of Roses?
(a) The Legend of King Arthur and the Round Table.
(b) The Tale of the Green Knight.
(c) The Odyssy.
(d) Homer.

14. Who does Inman write a letter to at the end of the first chapter?
(a) Inman writes a letter to the girl who sat on his lap four years ago.
(b) Inman writes a letter to his brother.
(c) Inman writes a letter to his mother.
(d) Inman writes a letter to the girl he met the summer he spent in the woods attempting to learn the Cherokee ways.

15. 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 cabriolet and the hog.
(c) The piano.
(d) The horse and some coffee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What crime does this farmer believe his wife has committed?

2. Who does the farmer sell Inman and Veasey to for $5 a head?

3. Where does Inman dream of living one day?

4. What is Ada looking for when she goes searching in the basement?

5. Why is a group of people drawn to the street underneath the window of a prisoner?

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