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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 learn about this new person that leaves him feeling as though solitude might not be the answer?
(a) That she risks death every time she does anything that could lead to injury.
(b) That solitude leads to insanity.
(c) That solitude is boring.
(d) That she is lonesome and he would be too.

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

3. What do Ruby and Ada allow the messenger to do as they leave?
(a) To sleep in the house until they return.
(b) To sleep in the hayloft until dark.
(c) To take a few chickens when he leaves.
(d) To take their horse to escape the area.

4. What does Inman offer to do for a grief stricken mother in the chapter, A Vow to Bear?
(a) Fix her leaky roof.
(b) Find her missing child.
(c) Bury her child.
(d) Harvest her tabacco.

5. Who do Inman and his riding companion run into as they attempt to navigate the forest after leaving the abandoned village?
(a) A Confederate army unit.
(b) The Home Guard.
(c) The Federals.
(d) A group of marauders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Pangle?

2. How does this new person help Inman with his journey?

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

4. What memory of Ada does Inman share with Ada while they are alone in Ada's cabin?

5. Where do Ruby and Ada spend the night as they set out to find Stobrod and Pangle?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who helps Inman with his injuries?

4. Who comes across Stobrod and Pangle, asking them questions before lining them up in front of a tree and shooting them?

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

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

7. Who attacks Sara's home while Inman is there?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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