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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the young man who takes Ada away during the party tell her?
(a) That he is afraid of being killed in battle.
(b) That he is in love with her.
(c) That he wants to be a preacher one day.
(d) That he wants to be president of the new Confederacy.

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

4. What does Inman do to help Laura?
(a) Inman seduces Laura and agrees to marry her.
(b) Inman save Laura from a group of Federals who want to steal her only means of survival.
(c) Inman takes Laura to a settlement where she might find her husband.
(d) Inman returns her to her home, safe and sound.

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

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

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

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

9. What type of saw do Inman and Veasey find?
(a) A crosscut saw.
(b) A sabertooth saw.
(c) A lumberman's saw.
(d) A circular saw.

10. What does Ruby talk extensively about as she and Ada walk into town in the chapter, Source and Root?
(a) Birds.
(b) Farming.
(c) Cows.
(d) Chickens.

11. What does Inman do with the preacher?
(a) Inman ties him to a tree with a confession written above him.
(b) Inman leaves him alone in the woods, naked and without a weapon.
(c) Inman turns him over to the local law.
(d) Inman knocks him out and runs away while he is unconscious.

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

13. Why does a neighbor have such a grudge against Stobrod that he often shoots at him when he passes his farm?
(a) Stobrod got him arrested by distilling illegal liquor on his property.
(b) Stobrod burned down his house while helping him burn logs.
(c) Stobrod leaves him alone, causing him to be mauled by a bear.
(d) Stobrod left him alone, causing him to become trapped under some logs.

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

15. At whose house did Ada attend her final party in Charleston?
(a) Her grandparent's.
(b) Her cousin's.
(c) Her best friend.
(d) Her aunt's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Ruby and Ada have in common?

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?

3. Why did Monroe not marry Ada's mother when they were both younger?

4. What does Inman do with the saw?

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

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