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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Stobrod give for wanting to live at Black Cove?
(a) The new leader of the outliers, the deserters, wants them to rob rich slave owners.
(b) He wants to make amends to his daughter for her poor childhood.
(c) The new leader of the deserters wants him to leave.
(d) The Home Guard will never think he is a deserter if he lives on a farm in the open.

2. Who joins Ada and Ruby for supper as they enjoy what will most likely be their final dinner outside that fall?
(a) Inman.
(b) Brice.
(c) Veasey.
(d) Stobrod.

3. What is the first thing Inman does when he finally finds Ada?
(a) Eats.
(b) Talks.
(c) Sleeps.
(d) Drinks.

4. What does Ruby instruct Ada to do while she is in town trading for beef?
(a) Milk the cow.
(b) Plow the fields.
(c) Build a scarecrow.
(d) Split logs and burn brush.

5. How does this new person help Inman with his journey?
(a) She gives him a ride back to the military hospital.
(b) She nurses him through his illness.
(c) She feeds him a hearty meal that staves off starvation.
(d) She treats his wounds and gives him medication.

6. What wish does Inman make when he lies down to sleep in the chapter, A Vow to Bear?
(a) A quick end to his journey.
(b) For a larger moon.
(c) To be alive when the sun rises.
(d) To see Ada before he dies.

7. What does Inman find when he eventually reaches Black Cove?
(a) The Georgia boy there alone.
(b) Veasey has reached it first.
(c) Stobrod.
(d) An abandoned farm.

8. Who comes to visit while Ada is at Black Cove alone in the chapter, A Satisfied Mind?
(a) Brice.
(b) Inman.
(c) Henry.
(d) Stobrod.

9. Why does Sara agree to launder and mend Inman's clothes?
(a) In payment for him slaughtering her hog.
(b) In payment for repairs he agrees to do to her cabin.
(c) In payment for food Inman gives her.
(d) In payment for farm work Inman agrees to do.

10. What do most Christians consider the fiddle, refer to it as?
(a) The Devil's Instrument.
(b) The Devil's Guitar.
(c) The Devil's Box.
(d) The Devil's Playground.

11. Who do Inman and his riding companion run into as they attempt to navigate the forest after leaving the abandoned village?
(a) The Federals.
(b) A Confederate army unit.
(c) The Home Guard.
(d) A group of marauders.

12. What noise attracts Inman to Ada and Ruby's camp?
(a) Ada's shotgun shots.
(b) Ruby's yelling.
(c) Ruby's riffle.
(d) Ada's screams.

13. Who does Inman meet as he comes to the end of his map in the chapter, The Doing of It?
(a) A war bride.
(b) A dedicated preacher.
(c) An old hermit woman.
(d) A band of gypsies.

14. Why does Sara ask Inman to share her bed?
(a) Sara finds Inman attractive.
(b) Sara misses her husband and needs to feel some human connection.
(c) Sara has no other place for Inman to sleep.
(d) Sara is a prostitute in need of money.

15. What does Inman dream about in the chapter, A Vow to Bear?
(a) That he has been killed in battle.
(b) That he has become a bear and is shot and skinned by hunters.
(c) That he has returned to Cold Mountain to find Ada married to another man.
(d) That he returns to Sara and becomes her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does Ada and Ruby's guest play?

2. What decision does Inman make about his outlier status?

3. What do Ruby and Ada allow the messenger to do as they leave?

4. Who is Sara, a woman Inman meets in the chapter, Bride Bed Full of Blood?

5. Why has Inman begun to fast as he reaches Cold Mountain?

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