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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Ada and her father move to Cold Mountain?

2. What is Ruby attempting to teach Ada while living at Black Cove?

3. Who joins Inman on his journey in the chapter, Exile and Brute Wandering?

4. What object does Ruby instruct Ada to create in the chapter, In Place of the Truth?

5. Why does a neighbor have such a grudge against Stobrod that he often shoots at him when he passes his farm?

Short Essay Questions

1. To whom does Junior sell Inman and Veasey for $5 a head?

2. Who is Balis? What manuscript is he working on?

3. On her last night in Charleston, Ada went out on the lake with what person? What do they discuss?

4. Who helps Ada after the death of her father?

5. Who attempts to seduce Inman by putting some sort of drug in his drink?

6. Inman comes across a preacher in the middle of the night. What does Inman stop the preacher from doing?

7. What does Ada find in the basement? What does Ruby insist they do with it?

8. What story does Ada read to Ruby? Which character reminds Ruby of her father?

9. Who comes to the scene Ada and Ruby are watching?

10. In what city was Ada raised and educated?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss setting. What is significant about Cold Mountain? Why did the author chose to set his novel in this place? How do the lives of the people indigent to this area affect the plot? There are a lot of Indian legends in this area. How do those legends affect the developing plot? How would the novel be different without these legends?

Essay Topic 2

Death is a theme of the novel. Why is death a theme of the novel? Why is Monroe obsessed with death? Is Monroe obsessed with his own death, or the death's of other people? How did the death of Monroe's wife affect his feelings about death? Is Inman obsessed with death? Why is Inman convinced every day will be his last?

Essay Topic 3

Homecoming is a theme of the novel. Why does Inman want to return home? What is he hoping to come home to? How does Inman see the rest of his life playing out? Why does Inman decide to return home early from the war even though he will be considered a deserter? What does Inman's actions say about his emotional health? What do Inman's actions say about his feelings regarding the war?

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