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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After the death of her father, what does Ada learn about her financial situation?
(a) Ada has plenty of money to live on.
(b) There is no money left.
(c) Ada should return to Charleston to inherit her money.
(d) The farm was left to Ada's cousin, making her dependent on family for income.

3. Who arrives while Ada and Ruby listen to the prisoner yelling from his second story prison cell?
(a) The Home Guard.
(b) The Federals.
(c) A Confederate military company.
(d) The sheriff.

4. How does Inman attempt to cross the river?
(a) On a small raft someone has left abandoned.
(b) In a canoe piloted by the daughter of the ferryman.
(c) On a ferry.
(d) In a boat he finds tied to a tree on the shore.

5. 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 rob a shop keeper.
(d) Because he attempted to molest a woman on the street.

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

7. 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 and Veasey decide they are better off where they are and do nothing.
(c) Inman survives the shooting and is able to cut his restraints with a rock.
(d) Inman and Veasey run away in the middle of the night.

8. What side of the war does Inman fight on?
(a) Neither. Inman is not a soldier.
(b) Both. Inman is a neutral scout.
(c) Union.
(d) Confederate.

9. What gun does Inman notice in a settlement where he stops to pick up supplies?
(a) Reminton rifle.
(b) Colt .45 revolver.
(c) LeMats revolver.
(d) Whitworth .45 rifle.

10. Who tells Ada at a Christmas party that she should marry Inman?
(a) Monroe.
(b) Sally.
(c) Ruby.
(d) Teague.

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

12. From whom is the letter Ruby brings Ada in the chapter, In Place of the Truth?
(a) Inman.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Thewes.
(d) A solicitor.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to Black Cove as Ada and Ruby ready the winter garden?

2. What character in the story Ada reads to Ruby does Ruby believe resembles her father?

3. At whose house did Ada attend her final party in Charleston?

4. Who does Inman dream of as he sleeps the night after meeting the Gypsies?

5. What kind of food does Inman find in the chapter Exile and Brute Wandering?

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