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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was Monroe's favorite poet?
(a) Woodsworth.
(b) Whitman.
(c) Palmer.
(d) Holmes.

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

4. Who comes to Ruby's rescue?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) Her father.
(c) A hunter.
(d) A fisherman.

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

6. 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 left him alone, causing him to become trapped under some logs.
(d) Stobrod leaves him alone, causing him to be mauled by a bear.

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

8. 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) Sally.
(d) Veasey.

9. Why did Ada believe she was the product of a marriage of convenience?
(a) Because her mother told her she was.
(b) Because her parents divorced soon after her birth.
(c) Because her father told her she was.
(d) Because her parents were older when they married.

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

11. Why does Inman believe the person he sees at Deep River is up to no good?
(a) The person has a weapon.
(b) The person blushes when questioned.
(c) The person appears nervous and incoherent.
(d) There is a person bundled up on the back of his horse.

12. While cooking corn mash, Inman smells what downstream?
(a) A dead animal.
(b) That the corn is spoiled.
(c) The approach of diry, smelly men.
(d) Real food being cooked.

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

14. Which general does Inman claim he prefers?
(a) Longstreet.
(b) Davis.
(c) Grant.
(d) Lee.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Ada done on the farm since her father's death?

2. Where was Stobrod the last time Ruby heard of him?

3. What does Inman do to the farmer who sold him and Veasey?

4. What does this person who joins Inman in the chapter, Exile and Brute Wandering, tell Inman about what happened to him after their last meeting?

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

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