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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 did Ada later learn happened to this young man who spent time alone with her during her final party in Charleston?
(a) That he married another young woman.
(b) That he became a preacher.
(c) That he was killed at Gettysburg.
(d) That he became a politician.

2. Why did Monroe not marry Ada's mother when they were both younger?
(a) She was already married to someone else.
(b) He did not meet her till they were older.
(c) Her father would not allow the marriage to take place.
(d) He caught her kissing another man.

3. What happens to Inman after he drinks some fluid Lila gave him?
(a) He becomes violently ill.
(b) He falls asleep.
(c) He is unable to fight off her attempts at seduction.
(d) He becomes instantly drunk.

4. What caused Ruby to spend the night in the woods when she is only four?
(a) She becomes attached to a blackthorn tree.
(b) She is lost in the dark.
(c) She is cornered by a mother bear protecting her cub.
(d) She is injured in a rock slide.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did a man see a black woman placed in a cage and left for the buzzards to torment?

3. Where does a young man take Ada during this party?

4. What does Inman steal while at the same time leaving money for its cost?

5. What is the topic of conversation when Ruby and Ada visit a friend in the chapter Source and Root?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ruby instruct Ada to create?

2. What is the purpose of the spell, To Destroy Life?

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

4. What happens when Inman attempts to cross a river using the canoe of a young Indian woman?

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

6. Who does Ada think of as she watches the piano moved out of the house?

7. What does Inman leave money for even as he steals it?

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

9. Who does Inman dream about after seeing a dark-haired girl riding a horse?

10. To whom does Junior sell Inman and Veasey for $5 a head?

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