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

2. Who introduced Inman to Ada?
(a) Monroe.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Swimmer.
(d) Sally Swanger.

3. 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 fighting the Federals but decided to return home.
(b) That he was robbed of all his possessions and decided to move on.
(c) That the townspeople beat him and cut his hair.
(d) That he was forced out of the Home Guard for being too brutal.

4. What does Inman do to the farmer who sold him and Veasey?
(a) Steals away his wife.
(b) Sends the law to his house.
(c) Shoots him.
(d) Clubs him to death with his gun.

5. What does the farmer insist Inman do with his wife after catching them in a lover's embrace?
(a) Marry her.
(b) Make love to her.
(c) Kill her.
(d) Kill himself.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What animal does Stobrod claim is Ruby's true father?

3. Why does Veasey hit his companion over the head in the chapter Exile and Brute Wandering?

4. What is Ruby attempting to teach Ada while living at Black Cove?

5. Who is Swimmer and why does Inman think about him after reading the news?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In what city was Ada raised and educated?

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

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

6. What scene do Ada and Ruby stumble on on their way back to Black Cove?

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

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

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

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

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