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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. Where is Inman's companion planning on going?

2. Which general does Inman claim he prefers?

3. What did Ada later learn happened to this young man who spent time alone with her during her final party in Charleston?

4. What does Ada use to construct the item Ruby has told her to create?

5. While cooking corn mash, Inman smells what downstream?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Inman find on the battlefield that he kept hidden throughout his medical ordeal?

2. What does Ruby instruct Ada to create?

3. Why did Inman decide he would like to meet Ada?

4. Who does Inman dream about after seeing a dark-haired girl riding a horse?

5. To whom does Inman send a letter shortly before leaving the hospital?

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

7. What happens when Inman attempts to cross a river using the canoe of a young Indian woman?

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

9. Why have Ada and her father moved to Black Cove?

10. When Inman stops to make corn mush, what does he smell that leads him further down the river?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Greek translation. Why does Inman take this translation after the translator dies? What do these translations mean to Inman? What does Inman plan to do with them after he finds Ada? Does Inman ever get the chance to work on these translations? What is the coverless book Inman carries with him through his travels? Why does Inman read this book? What does this book teach him?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Why does Ruby dislike Stobrod? Does Ruby have good reason to dislike her father? What does Ruby blame her father for? Was Stobrod ever abusive toward Ruby? Did Stobrod neglect his daughter? If so, why? Why does Ruby refuse to allow Stobrod around? Is this a punishment of sort? How does Ruby feel when Stobrod is shot? Does this change Ruby's relationship with her father? Why or why not?

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