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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Inman steal while at the same time leaving money for its cost?
(a) A new shirt.
(b) A new pair of shoes.
(c) A dinner bag.
(d) A new watch.

3. 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 Destroy Life.
(c) To Catch a Theif.
(d) To End a Life.

4. Which of Teague's men argues that they need to bring in a living prisoner?
(a) Thewes.
(b) Byron.
(c) Birch.
(d) Ayron.

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

6. What book does Inman read while in the hospital?
(a) Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(b) Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
(c) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.
(d) Travels by William Bartram.

7. What vision does Ada see when Esco encourages her to look backwards down a well in a mirror?
(a) A figure running in an open meadow.
(b) A figure running toward a river.
(c) A figure walking in a corridor of trees.
(d) A figure walking in snow.

8. As Inman continues his journey, who does he come across who helps him?
(a) A yellow slave.
(b) Swimmer.
(c) Thewes.
(d) A war widow.

9. Who does Ruby suggest came up with the idea of celebrating Thanksgiving?
(a) Northern religious groups.
(b) Southern ladies' groups.
(c) Northern morphine addicts.
(d) Southern business men.

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

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

12. Who introduced Inman to Ada?
(a) Sally Swanger.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Swimmer.
(d) Monroe.

13. Who was Monroe's favorite poet?
(a) Whitman.
(b) Palmer.
(c) Woodsworth.
(d) Holmes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does a preacher believe Inman means to kill him?

2. What animal does Stobrod claim is Ruby's true father?

3. Where does Inman dream of living one day?

4. Where did Inman learn this spell?

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

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