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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 do with the trapped animal from the cornfield?
(a) Lets him go.
(b) Gives him supplies and directions.
(c) Feeds him to the cows.
(d) Feeds him breakfast and threatens to shoot him if he steals from her again.

2. What does Inman hope Ada's reaction will be when she sees him?
(a) Inman hopes Ada will have a great many stories to tell him.
(b) Inman hopes Ada will welcome him with open arms.
(c) Inman hopes Ada will joke with him.
(d) Inman hopes Ada will have a fresh meal waiting.

3. What does Ada tell Inman about her relationship with Ruby?
(a) That Ruby has become her lover.
(b) That Ruby is her illegitimate sister.
(c) That Ruby is not a servant and will not take orders.
(d) That Ruby is her child.

4. Who joins Ada and Ruby for supper as they enjoy what will most likely be their final dinner outside that fall?
(a) Brice.
(b) Veasey.
(c) Stobrod.
(d) Inman.

5. Who comes to visit while Ada is at Black Cove alone in the chapter, A Satisfied Mind?
(a) Brice.
(b) Stobrod.
(c) Inman.
(d) Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Inman read to Ada while she makes dinner after his arrival?

2. What does Inman find when he eventually reaches Black Cove?

3. How did this person get his nickname?

4. What do Ruby and Ada find when they arrive at Stobrod's camp?

5. What does Ada hear that causes her to return to Inman?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Inman do in exchange for a hot meal from a grief stricken mother?

5. What decision does Inman make the following morning about his future?

6. Who once lived in the village that Ruby and Ada have brought Stobrod to?

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

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

9. What does Stobrod finally confess he wants from Ruby?

10. Who helps Inman with his injuries?

(see the answer keys)

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