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

2. What does Ruby instruct Ada to do while she is in town trading for beef?
(a) Plow the fields.
(b) Split logs and burn brush.
(c) Milk the cow.
(d) Build a scarecrow.

3. What noise attracts Inman to Ada and Ruby's camp?
(a) Ruby's riffle.
(b) Ada's shotgun shots.
(c) Ada's screams.
(d) Ruby's yelling.

4. What happens to the men who steal from Sara's home?
(a) Sara shoots them with her husband's riffle.
(b) They have an accident on their starved horses.
(c) They run into a band of Indians who scalp them.
(d) Inman kills them and retrieves Sara's belongings.

5. Who comes to Sara's house the next morning after she and Inman share a bed?
(a) Three Federals.
(b) The local Home Guard.
(c) The local law.
(d) Several injured Confederates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Stobrod and his companions to become ill in the chapter Naught and Grief?

2. What causes one of these men to believe Stobrod and Pangle are holy men?

3. How does Inman attempt to find Ada?

4. What does Ruby find in the trap she set in the cornfield?

5. What does Inman do to his companion's horse upon meeting up with another group of men?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Ada react when she first sees Inman? Does Ada react as Inman imagined she would?

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

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

8. What does Stobrod tell Ruby and Ada to attempt to prove that he has changed?

9. Who helps Inman with his injuries?

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

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