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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the farmer insist Inman do with his wife after catching them in a lover's embrace?
(a) Marry her.
(b) Kill himself.
(c) Make love to her.
(d) Kill her.

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

3. Why did Ada and her father move to Cold Mountain?
(a) Ada's grandfather had tuberculosis.
(b) Ada's mother had tuberculosis.
(c) Ada's father had tuberculosis.
(d) Ada had tuberculosis.

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

5. What is Ada looking for when she goes searching in the basement?
(a) Wine she thinks her father hid there.
(b) A rare book her father kept there.
(c) Signs of rodents.
(d) Champagne left from a party.

6. Where did a man see a black woman placed in a cage and left for the buzzards to torment?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Georgia.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Virginia.

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

8. Why does Inman walk into town?
(a) To buy supplies
(b) To show the doctors he is ready to return to his unit.
(c) To post a letter.
(d) To visit a friend.

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

10. What text is Balis, Inman's neighbor in the hospital, translating into English?
(a) A Spanish text.
(b) A French text.
(c) A Latin text.
(d) A Greek text.

11. What does Inman say happened in Petersburg?
(a) A group of Confederates ambushed some Federals.
(b) A group of Home Guardsmen murdered a group of deserters.
(c) A group of Federal tunnelers blew up a Confederate company.
(d) A group of Indians massacred a Union company.

12. Which of Teague's men argues that they need to bring in a living prisoner?
(a) Birch.
(b) Ayron.
(c) Byron.
(d) Thewes.

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

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

15. Where is Inman's companion planning on going?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Texas.
(d) California.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Swimmer and why does Inman think about him after reading the news?

2. What does Inman read about in the newspaper while in town?

3. What does Ada find in the basement of her house?

4. What is the name of the spell Inman speaks after the fight he is forced into outside the settlement?

5. Who was Monroe's favorite poet?

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