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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is taken from Sara's home during the visit by the men who come to Sara's while Inman is still asleep in her bed?
(a) Her infant.
(b) All her money and valuable possessions.
(c) Inman.
(d) Three chickens and the hog.

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

3. Why has Inman begun to fast as he reaches Cold Mountain?
(a) So he will be skinny and handsome for Ada.
(b) So he can enjoy a huge feast when he finds Ada.
(c) So he can cross the portal at Shining Rock if Ada refuses him.
(d) So he will die quickly if Ada refuses him.

4. Who is Sara, a woman Inman meets in the chapter, Bride Bed Full of Blood?
(a) A war widow.
(b) A hermit woman.
(c) An old girlfriend of Veasey's.
(d) The defiled companion of a preacher.

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 them hung.
(d) He orders that they be allowed to go free.

6. What causes Stobrod and his companions to become ill in the chapter Naught and Grief?
(a) Cherries they stole from a local orchard.
(b) A dead doe they ate.
(c) The large amount of fruit they have been eating.
(d) Some spoiled vegetables Ruby gave them.

7. What happens to the mother bear that is attempting to protect her cub from Inman?
(a) Inman is forced to kill her.
(b) She is killed by a passing Indian.
(c) She simply walks away, leaving her cub behind.
(d) She charges him and falls from a cliff.

8. What does Inman offer to do for a grief stricken mother in the chapter, A Vow to Bear?
(a) Harvest her tabacco.
(b) Find her missing child.
(c) Fix her leaky roof.
(d) Bury her child.

9. How did this person come to compose his own music?
(a) He was inspired by the death and destruction he witnessed in the war.
(b) He was inspired by a dying girl he was paid to perform for.
(c) He was inspired by the death of the woman he loved.
(d) He was inspired by his daughter.

10. 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 farm work Inman agrees to do.
(d) In payment for food Inman gives her.

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

12. Who rides up and begins asking Strobrod and Pangle questions?
(a) Some Federals.
(b) A Confederate scout.
(c) The Home Guard led by Teague.
(d) An Indian scout.

13. What does Ruby do with the trapped animal from the cornfield?
(a) Gives him supplies and directions.
(b) Feeds him to the cows.
(c) Lets him go.
(d) Feeds him breakfast and threatens to shoot him if he steals from her again.

14. What do Ada and Inman discuss after sharing their feelings for one another?
(a) The death of Monroe.
(b) Inman's status as a fugitive.
(c) The future, specifically marriage and life at Black Cove.
(d) The dangers of the war.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Ruby and Ada dress as they set out to find and bury the bodies of Stobrod and Pangle?

2. Who tells Ruby and Ada about the shooting of Stobrod and Pangle?

3. What does Inman learn about this new person that leaves him feeling as though solitude might not be the answer?

4. What do Ruby and Ada find when they arrive at Stobrod's camp?

5. What noise attracts Inman to Ada and Ruby's camp?

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