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

3. 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 Ruby's horse to gallop in the opposite direction.
(c) Inman forces Stobrod's horse to gallop away.
(d) Inman forces Ada's horse to stop.

4. Where do Ada and Ruby go for the night as snow begins to threaten?
(a) To a village abandoned by the Trail of Tears.
(b) To an abandoned barn.
(c) To the same shelter they used the night before.
(d) To an abandoned Indian cave.

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

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

7. Where do Ruby and Ada spend the night as they set out to find Stobrod and Pangle?
(a) In an old Indian village.
(b) In a shelter Ruby knew as a child.
(c) In an abandoned barn.
(d) At the home of a friend of Monroe's.

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

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

10. What memory of Ada does Inman share with Ada while they are alone in Ada's cabin?
(a) The afternoon they strolled by the river.
(b) The day she apologized for ridiculing his stories.
(c) The first time he saw her in church.
(d) The Christmas party where she sat in his lap.

11. Who comes to Sara's house the next morning after she and Inman share a bed?
(a) The local Home Guard.
(b) Three Federals.
(c) The local law.
(d) Several injured Confederates.

12. In the chapter, A Satisfied Mind, what does Ruby take into town to trade for beef?
(a) Waldo, the cow.
(b) Ralph, the horse.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Freshly made apple cider.

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

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

15. What do Ruby and Ada find when they arrive at Stobrod's camp?
(a) Pangle dead, but Stobrod still alive.
(b) Stobrod dead, but Pangle still alive.
(c) Neither Stobrod or Pangle.
(d) Both Stobrod and Pangle dead where they were shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did this person get his nickname?

2. What does Inman dream about in the chapter, A Vow to Bear?

3. What do these men want to know about?

4. Who rides up and begins asking Strobrod and Pangle questions?

5. What does Inman find when he eventually reaches Black Cove?

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