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

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

3. How many people were originally in the grief stricken mother's family that Inman meets in the chapter, A Vow to Bear?
(a) 6.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the chapter, Naught and Grief, who has joined Stobrod and Pangle?

2. What does Inman learn about this new person that leaves him feeling as though solitude might not be the answer?

3. What decision does Inman make about his outlier status?

4. What type of animal does the new person Inman meets in the chapter, The Doing of It, raise?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who helps Inman with his injuries?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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