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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 Inman read to Ada while she makes dinner after his arrival?
(a) A passage from Balis's Greek translation.
(b) A passage from Bertram that is highly sexual.
(c) A passage from the Bible.
(d) A letter he intended to send her.

2. What type of animal does the new person Inman meets in the chapter, The Doing of It, raise?
(a) Bulls.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Goats.
(d) Cats.

3. What causes one of these men to believe Stobrod and Pangle are holy men?
(a) Their music.
(b) Their clothing.
(c) Their speeches.
(d) Their Bibles.

4. How does this new person help Inman with his journey?
(a) She treats his wounds and gives him medication.
(b) She nurses him through his illness.
(c) She gives him a ride back to the military hospital.
(d) She feeds him a hearty meal that staves off starvation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What map does Inman follow on the next leg of his journey in the chapter, The Doing of It?

2. Who tells Ruby and Ada about the shooting of Stobrod and Pangle?

3. What do most Christians consider the fiddle, refer to it as?

4. What does Ada tell Inman about her relationship with Ruby?

5. How do Ruby and Ada dress as they set out to find and bury the bodies of Stobrod and Pangle?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What animal does Inman dream about and later feel responsible for killing?

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

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