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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 Ruby find in the trap she set in the cornfield?
(a) A raccoon.
(b) A squirrel.
(c) A Federal.
(d) Her father.

2. Who is Pangle?
(a) A new cow Ruby brings home.
(b) A gentle, child-like man and companion to Stobrod.
(c) Ada's cousin.
(d) Ruby's brother.

3. How does Inman attempt to find Ada?
(a) He follows a map Swimmer gave him.
(b) He follows footsteps in the snow.
(c) He follows blood drops on the vegetation.
(d) He follows directions given to him at Black Cove.

4. What reason does Stobrod give for wanting to live at Black Cove?
(a) The new leader of the deserters wants him to leave.
(b) The new leader of the outliers, the deserters, wants them to rob rich slave owners.
(c) He wants to make amends to his daughter for her poor childhood.
(d) The Home Guard will never think he is a deserter if he lives on a farm in the open.

5. Where do Ada and Ruby go for the night as snow begins to threaten?
(a) To an abandoned barn.
(b) To the same shelter they used the night before.
(c) To an abandoned Indian cave.
(d) To a village abandoned by the Trail of Tears.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Inman hope Ada's reaction will be when she sees him?

2. Who comes to visit while Ada is at Black Cove alone in the chapter, A Satisfied Mind?

3. What does Inman offer to do for a grief stricken mother in the chapter, A Vow to Bear?

4. What does Inman learn about this new person that leaves him feeling as though solitude might not be the answer?

5. How did this person get his nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Inman learn about his new companion that leads him to a conclusion about his own future?

2. What do Ada and Ruby find when they come to Stobrod's camp?

3. How does Inman end up at the home of a war widow?

4. Who visits Black Cove while Ruby is in town trading apple cider for beef?

5. Who tells Ruby and Ada about the shooting of Pangle and Stobrod? How did this witness survive?

6. What has caused an illness in Stobrod and his companions?

7. What does Inman find when he finally reaches Black Cove?

8. Why are things awkward between Inman and Ada at first? How does this begin to change?

9. Who do Ruby, Ada, Stobrod, and Inman run into on their way to Black Cove?

10. Who or what does Ruby catch in her trap in the cornfield?

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