2. Why does Inman decide to attack the approaching group of men?
(a) Inman has seen Ada, so now he is ready to die.
(b) Inman feels he has no choice, there is no reasoning or hiding from these men.
(c) Inman wants to surrender, but not to these men who will surely kill him and his companion.
(d) Inman is tired of running.

3. What instrument does Ada and Ruby's guest play?
(a) A banjo.
(b) A set of drums.
(c) A fiddle.
(d) A guitar.

4. What does Inman do to his companion's horse upon meeting up with another group of men?
(a) Inman forces Ruby's horse to gallop toward the approaching men.
(b) Inman forces Ada's horse to stop.
(c) Inman forces Ruby's horse to gallop in the opposite direction.
(d) Inman forces Stobrod's horse to gallop away.

5. What does the leader of these men order be done with Stobrod and Pangle after they get the answers they needed?
(a) He orders them shot.
(b) He orders them arrested.
(c) He orders that they be allowed to go free.
(d) He orders them hung.

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

7. What does Ada tell Inman about her relationship with Ruby?
(a) That Ruby is her illegitimate sister.
(b) That Ruby is her child.
(c) That Ruby is not a servant and will not take orders.
(d) That Ruby has become her lover.

8. Why does Inman's progress begin to slow in the chapter, The Doing of It?
(a) Inman has contracted an illness in his chest, is running a fever, and is delirious.
(b) Inman has begun to starve to death and the malnutrition is making him so sick he cannot walk very well.
(c) Inman is beginning to doubt his decision to walk away from his committment to the army and is considering returning.
(d) Inman is injured, both from a wound to the head and the wound in his neck from the war battle.

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

10. Who tells Ruby and Ada about the shooting of Stobrod and Pangle?
(a) The boy from Tennessee.
(b) One of the men who shot them.
(c) The Georgia boy.
(d) One of the outliers.

11. How does Ruby react to Inman's eventual arrival?
(a) Ruby insists Ada does not need a man.
(b) Ruby falls deeply in love and begins to flirt with Inman.
(c) Ruby is darkly jealous and refuses to allow him into their camp.
(d) Ruby is indifferent, except for a concern over the amount of food they must share with him.

12. How many people were originally in the grief stricken mother's family that Inman meets in the chapter, A Vow to Bear?
(a) 9.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

13. With whom does Inman leave the camp?
(a) Stobrod.
(b) Ruby and Stobrod.
(c) Ada.
(d) Ada and Ruby.

14. Who is Pangle?
(a) Ruby's brother.
(b) Ada's cousin.
(c) A new cow Ruby brings home.
(d) A gentle, child-like man and companion to Stobrod.

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