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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who joins Inman on his journey in the chapter, Exile and Brute Wandering?
(a) His childhood friend, Swimmer.
(b) The preacher, Solomon Veasey.
(c) The Home Guardsman, Teague.
(d) The blind man from the military hospital.

2. What is the name of the farmer who invites Inman and Veasey to spend the night at his farm after they help him remove a dead bull from the river?
(a) Junior.
(b) George.
(c) Frank.
(d) Balis.

3. Who is Claire Duchutes?
(a) Ruby's mother.
(b) Inman's mother.
(c) Ada's mother.
(d) Monroe's mother.

4. 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 are rescued by Lila, the farmer's wife.
(c) Inman survives the shooting and is able to cut his restraints with a rock.
(d) Inman and Veasey decide they are better off where they are and do nothing.

5. What does Inman do with the saw?
(a) Cuts up a dead bull and then gives it to a farmer.
(b) Trades it for food.
(c) Cuts up fire wood.
(d) As a weapon in a robbery.

6. Why does Ruby come to Black Cove?
(a) Ruby wants to buy Black Cove.
(b) Ruby wants to befriend Ada.
(c) Ruby wants to offer her services to Ada.
(d) Ruby wants to buy Ada's animals.

7. What guards the farms that Inman passes in the flatlands?
(a) Wild dogs.
(b) Wild leopards.
(c) Wild boars.
(d) Wild humans.

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

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

10. What does Inman take with him when he leaves the hospital at the end of the first chapter?
(a) Inman takes a book and money he took from his neighbor who has died.
(b) Inman takes his readied haversack and a picture he admired that belonged to his now dead neighbor.
(c) Inman takes nothing but a change of clothes.
(d) Inman takes his readied haversack and the manuscript Balis was working on.

11. Who saves Inman's companion from being shot in a standoff with a drunk?
(a) The barkeeper.
(b) The local sheriff.
(c) Inman.
(d) A prostitute named Tildy.

12. Why is a group of people drawn to the street underneath the window of a prisoner?
(a) Because the prisoner is threatening to commit suicide.
(b) Because the prisoner is claiming that he was arrested on false charges and the real criminal is one of the policemen.
(c) Because the prisoner is explaining how he is a war hero who only came home to see his wife.
(d) Because the prisoner is claiming police brutality.

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 childhood friend whom Inman believes is with the Home Guard.
(c) Swimmer is a Cherokee friend of Inman's whom he is afraid might be fighting the Federals.
(d) Swimmer is a childhood enemy who is fighting the Federals in Tennessee.

14. What do Ruby and Ada do when these visitors surprise them at Black Cove while they are preparing the winter garden?
(a) Run away and hide.
(b) Cowar as the visitors raid their supplies.
(c) Offer up their money and a few animals for food.
(d) Feed them a chicken dinner and give them supplies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Ada read to Ruby in the chapter Ashes of Roses?

2. After the death of her father, what does Ada learn about her financial situation?

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

4. What is the name of the spell Inman speaks after the fight he is forced into outside the settlement?

5. As Inman continues his journey, who does he come across who helps him?

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