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

2. From whom is the letter Ruby brings Ada in the chapter, In Place of the Truth?
(a) Thewes.
(b) Inman.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) A solicitor.

3. What skill does Ada not have that she might need to survive on her own?
(a) Ada cannot grow vegetables.
(b) Ada cannot sew.
(c) Ada cannot milk a cow.
(d) Ada cannot cook.

4. What story does Ada read to Ruby in the chapter Ashes of Roses?
(a) The Odyssy.
(b) Homer.
(c) The Legend of King Arthur and the Round Table.
(d) The Tale of the Green Knight.

5. 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, but for much longer than ten minutes.
(d) Yes, especially if he could see a beautiful woman during that time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Inman say happened in Petersburg?

2. What do Ruby and Ada do when these visitors surprise them at Black Cove while they are preparing the winter garden?

3. Who does Inman write a letter to at the end of the first chapter?

4. Why did Ada believe she was the product of a marriage of convenience?

5. What crime does this farmer believe his wife has committed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what city was Ada raised and educated?

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

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

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

6. What is the main topic of conversation when Ada and Ruby visit Monroe's friend, Mrs. McKennet?

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

8. When Inman stops to make corn mush, what does he smell that leads him further down the river?

9. Who attempts to seduce Inman by putting some sort of drug in his drink?

10. On her last night in Charleston, Ada went out on the lake with what person? What do they discuss?

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