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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 does Inman steal while at the same time leaving money for its cost?
(a) A new watch.
(b) A new pair of shoes.
(c) A dinner bag.
(d) A new shirt.

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

3. What woman reminds Inman of Ada?
(a) A blond woman in a fancy dress.
(b) A dark haired woman on a horse.
(c) A brunette on a bull.
(d) A red haired woman in a bathing suit.

4. What does this person who joins Inman in the chapter, Exile and Brute Wandering, tell Inman about what happened to him after their last meeting?
(a) That he was forced out of the Home Guard for being too brutal.
(b) That he was fighting the Federals but decided to return home.
(c) That he was robbed of all his possessions and decided to move on.
(d) That the townspeople beat him and cut his hair.

5. Where was Stobrod the last time Ruby heard of him?
(a) In the Home Guard roaming Cold Mountain.
(b) In prison.
(c) In the army at Sharpsburg.
(d) In the hospital in Charleston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who introduced Inman to Ada?

2. Who comes to Ruby's rescue?

3. What does the farmer insist Inman do with his wife after catching them in a lover's embrace?

4. Why does Ada decide not to return to Charleston after her father's death?

5. What is Ada looking for when she goes searching in the basement?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Ada decide to sell her piano?

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

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

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

7. What does Ruby believe is a waste of time?

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

9. What happened to Ruby when she was only four?

10. Why do three men attack Inman outside a settlement where he stops to get supplies?

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