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

2. After the death of her father, what does Ada learn about her financial situation?

3. Why does a preacher believe Inman means to kill him?

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

5. Where does Inman wake in the opening scene of The Shadow of a Crow?

Short Essay Questions

1. What group of people stop at Black Cove on their way to Camden, South Carolina?

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

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

4. What is Ada's father doing when he dies?

5. What does Inman learn happened to the preacher and his lover?

6. Why do three men attack Inman outside a settlement where he stops to get supplies?

7. Why does Ruby put a trap in the corn field? Why does Ada instruct her to pad the teeth on the trap?

8. Why does Ada decide to sell her piano?

9. What does Ruby believe is a waste of time?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Home Guard. What is the purpose of the Home Guard? Is Inman afraid of the Home Guard? Should Inman be afraid of the Home Guard? Why does Junior sell Inman to the Home Guard? What has Inman done to attract the attention of the Home Guard? What did Veasey do to deserve to be arrested by the Home Guard? Did the Home Guard have the right to shot their prisoners, including Veasey? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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