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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of food does Inman find in the chapter Exile and Brute Wandering?
(a) Honey and catfish.
(b) Fresh deer meat.
(c) Cheese and chicken.
(d) A fresh vegetable garden.

2. How is Teague dressed?
(a) Like a soldier.
(b) Like a law man.
(c) Like a mountain man.
(d) Like a preacher.

3. What does Ada use to construct the item Ruby has told her to create?
(a) An old cart.
(b) A peice of coal.
(c) An old ball gown.
(d) Lard from the hog killed earlier in the year.

4. Who does the farmer sell Inman and Veasey to for $5 a head?
(a) The Home Guard.
(b) The Confederate Army.
(c) The Federals.
(d) The local law.

5. Who comes to Ruby's rescue?
(a) A hunter.
(b) Her father.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) A fisherman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Monroe's favorite poet?

2. What does the blind man answer when Inman asks if he would like to be able to see for ten minutes?

3. Who does Ruby suggest came up with the idea of celebrating Thanksgiving?

4. Who comes to Black Cove as Ada and Ruby ready the winter garden?

5. Where is Inman's companion planning on going?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Odell and what story does he tell Inman?

2. Why is Inman in a military hospital?

3. Why does Ada decide to sell her piano?

4. What does Inman do with a saw he and Veasey find?

5. Inman comes across a preacher in the middle of the night. What does Inman stop the preacher from doing?

6. What did Inman find on the battlefield that he kept hidden throughout his medical ordeal?

7. To whom does Inman send a letter shortly before leaving the hospital?

8. What surprises Ada about the circumstances of her conception and birth?

9. What story does Ada read to Ruby? Which character reminds Ruby of her father?

10. In what city was Ada raised and educated?

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