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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the blind man answer when Inman asks if he would like to be able to see for ten minutes?
(a) No, because he does not want to see a country that could turn on its brothers.
(b) No, because it would only leave him angry and bitter.
(c) Yes, especially if he could see a beautiful woman during that time.
(d) Yes, but for much longer than ten minutes.

2. Who cuts the face of Inman's companion for haggling too much over price?
(a) The barkeeper.
(b) The prostitute named Tildy.
(c) The inn keeper.
(d) The shopkeeper.

3. What character in the story Ada reads to Ruby does Ruby believe resembles her father?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Lancelot.
(c) Beowulf.
(d) Sir Gawain.

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

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

6. Who is Swimmer and why does Inman think about him after reading the news?
(a) Swimmer is a childhood enemy who is fighting the Federals in Tennessee.
(b) Swimmer is a Cherokee friend of Inman's whom he is afraid might be fighting the Federals.
(c) Swimmer is a childhood friend whom Inman believes is with the Home Guard.
(d) Swimmer is a childhood enemy who has married Inman's girl.

7. Who does Inman meet who is in search of a slave he fell in love with on his father's prosperous farm?
(a) Odell.
(b) Teague.
(c) Veasey.
(d) Sally.

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

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

10. What does Veasey believe they should do with the saw?
(a) Use it to murder a prostitute who crossed them.
(b) Sell it for money.
(c) Give it to a farmer in need.
(d) Trade it for food.

11. Who invites Inman to join their camp?
(a) A group of fugitives fleeing the Federals in Tennessee.
(b) A group of gypsies downstream from him.
(c) A group of deserters hiding from the Home Guard.
(d) A Confederate army unit.

12. What caused Ruby to spend the night in the woods when she is only four?
(a) She becomes attached to a blackthorn tree.
(b) She is lost in the dark.
(c) She is cornered by a mother bear protecting her cub.
(d) She is injured in a rock slide.

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

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

15. Who does Inman dream of as he sleeps the night after meeting the Gypsies?
(a) Laura.
(b) Sally.
(c) Ada.
(d) Ruby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the spell Inman speaks?

2. Why does Inman believe the person he sees at Deep River is up to no good?

3. Where does a young man take Ada during this party?

4. Why did Ada believe she was the product of a marriage of convenience?

5. What do Ruby and Ada have in common?

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