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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 is the first thing Inman does when he finally finds Ada?
(a) Sleeps.
(b) Eats.
(c) Talks.
(d) Drinks.

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

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

4. What do Ada and Inman discuss after sharing their feelings for one another?
(a) Inman's status as a fugitive.
(b) The dangers of the war.
(c) The future, specifically marriage and life at Black Cove.
(d) The death of Monroe.

5. How did this person come to compose his own music?
(a) He was inspired by the death and destruction he witnessed in the war.
(b) He was inspired by the death of the woman he loved.
(c) He was inspired by a dying girl he was paid to perform for.
(d) He was inspired by his daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the men who steal from Sara's home?

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

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

4. What happens to the mother bear that is attempting to protect her cub from Inman?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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