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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) Inman.
(b) Stobrod.
(c) Brice.
(d) Veasey.

2. Why does Inman's progress begin to slow in the chapter, The Doing of It?
(a) Inman is beginning to doubt his decision to walk away from his committment to the army and is considering returning.
(b) Inman has begun to starve to death and the malnutrition is making him so sick he cannot walk very well.
(c) Inman is injured, both from a wound to the head and the wound in his neck from the war battle.
(d) Inman has contracted an illness in his chest, is running a fever, and is delirious.

3. In the chapter, A Satisfied Mind, what does Ruby take into town to trade for beef?
(a) Freshly made apple cider.
(b) Ralph, the horse.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Waldo, the cow.

4. What does Inman do to his companion's horse upon meeting up with another group of men?
(a) Inman forces Ruby's horse to gallop in the opposite direction.
(b) Inman forces Stobrod's horse to gallop away.
(c) Inman forces Ada's horse to stop.
(d) Inman forces Ruby's horse to gallop toward the approaching men.

5. What does the leader of these men order be done with Stobrod and Pangle after they get the answers they needed?
(a) He orders that they be allowed to go free.
(b) He orders them arrested.
(c) He orders them hung.
(d) He orders them shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sara agree to launder and mend Inman's clothes?

2. What noise attracts Inman to Ada and Ruby's camp?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who helps Inman with his injuries?

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

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

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