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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Ada find herself sitting in Inman's lap?
(a) She became faint and giddy.
(b) She was attempting to seduce him.
(c) She was drunk and became unstable.
(d) He pulled her into his lap for a kiss.

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

7. Where does Inman dream of living one day?
(a) In a cabin high in the moutains.
(b) At Black Cove with Ada.
(c) In a big city in the East.
(d) In the flatlands he is traveling through.

8. What income did Ada and her father live on?
(a) The farm only.
(b) An inheritance from the family of Ada's mother.
(c) An investment and a small section of the farm.
(d) Investments only.

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

10. 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) Balis.
(d) Frank.

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

12. 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) Make love to her.
(d) Kill himself.

13. Who is the woman named Laura that Inman meets in the chapter, Life Any Other Thing, a Gift?
(a) Laura is the war widow Inman meets beside 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 sister of a Home Guardsmen who ambushes Inman at Deep River.
(d) Laura is the woman the preacher has gotten pregnant and wants to kill to hide his indiscretion.

14. Why did Ada's father choose Cold Mountain over a spa or other appropriate situation?
(a) Ada's father loved Cold Mountain.
(b) Ada's father believed it was his calling to preach to the mountain people.
(c) Ada's father felt the weather of Cold Mountain would be better than any other place.
(d) Ada's father wanted to be close to the Indians indiginous to the area.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of gun does Inman's companion carry?

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

3. Who joins Inman on his journey in the chapter, Exile and Brute Wandering?

4. From whom is the letter Ruby brings Ada in the chapter, In Place of the Truth?

5. What does the blind man answer when Inman asks if he would like to be able to see for ten minutes?

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