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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 is the topic of conversation when Ruby and Ada visit a friend in the chapter Source and Root?
(a) The war and the horrible consequences.
(b) The war and the romance surrounding it.
(c) The war and the wounded from their town.
(d) The war and the nobility of the sacrifice the men have made.

2. What does the blind man answer when Inman asks if he would like to be able to see for ten minutes?
(a) No, because it would only leave him angry and bitter.
(b) No, because he does not want to see a country that could turn on its brothers.
(c) Yes, especially if he could see a beautiful woman during that time.
(d) Yes, but for much longer than ten minutes.

3. What vision does Ada see when Esco encourages her to look backwards down a well in a mirror?
(a) A figure running in an open meadow.
(b) A figure walking in snow.
(c) A figure running toward a river.
(d) A figure walking in a corridor of trees.

4. What is the name of the farmer who invites Inman and Veasey to spend the night at his farm after they help him remove a dead bull from the river?
(a) Junior.
(b) George.
(c) Frank.
(d) Balis.

5. Who is Waldo, mentioned in the chapter Ashes of Roses?
(a) A chicken.
(b) A cow.
(c) A horse.
(d) A hog.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Inman attempt to cross the river?

2. Who invites Inman to join their camp?

3. Who joins Inman on his journey in the chapter, Exile and Brute Wandering?

4. What skill does Ada not have that she might need to survive on her own?

5. What does Ada decide to sell in order to generate some money to help them through winter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who comes to the scene Ada and Ruby are watching?

2. What group of people stop at Black Cove on their way to Camden, South Carolina?

3. Why did Inman decide he would like to meet Ada?

4. Why does Ruby put a trap in the corn field? Why does Ada instruct her to pad the teeth on the trap?

5. Who helps Ada after the death of her father?

6. Who joins Inman on his journey in the chapter, Exile and Brute Wandering?

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

8. What is Ada's father doing when he dies?

9. Who is Balis? What manuscript is he working on?

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

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