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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. Where does Ruby live while helping Ada at Black Cove?
(a) In the house with Ada.
(b) In the old servants' cabin.
(c) In the barn with the animals.
(d) In town.

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

3. Who does Inman write a letter to at the end of the first chapter?
(a) Inman writes a letter to his mother.
(b) Inman writes a letter to the girl he met the summer he spent in the woods attempting to learn the Cherokee ways.
(c) Inman writes a letter to his brother.
(d) Inman writes a letter to the girl who sat on his lap four years ago.

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

5. After the death of her father, what does Ada learn about her financial situation?
(a) Ada should return to Charleston to inherit her money.
(b) There is no money left.
(c) Ada has plenty of money to live on.
(d) The farm was left to Ada's cousin, making her dependent on family for income.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Monroe's favorite poet?

2. Who do Ada and Ruby go to visit while in town in the chapter, Source and Root?

3. What does Ruby suggest Ada sell to generate some money to help them survive the winter?

4. What does Inman take with him when he leaves the hospital at the end of the first chapter?

5. Who does Inman run into in the middle of the night at Deep River?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Ada find in the basement? What does Ruby insist they do with it?

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

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

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

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

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

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