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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 believe she was the product of a marriage of convenience?

2. What does Inman do to the farmer who sold him and Veasey?

3. Who does Ruby suggest came up with the idea of celebrating Thanksgiving?

4. Who invites Inman to join their camp?

5. What is the topic of conversation when Ruby and Ada visit a friend in the chapter Source and Root?

Short Essay Questions

1. What scene do Ada and Ruby stumble on on their way back to Black Cove?

2. What surprises Ada about the circumstances of her conception and birth?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Junior do when he finds Inman in his wife's arms?

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

9. What does Inman do with a saw he and Veasey find?

10. Why does Inman seek out the blind man and speak to him about the war and his feelings on being born without eyes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Inman and Ada barely know one another before Inman goes to war, but Inman is deeply in love with Ada. Discuss how courtship was different in the time period in which this novel takes place. Would a modern woman have waited for a man like Inman return from war like Ada does? Would a modern woman fall in love with a man with such limited contact? Would a modern man imagine a lifetime with a woman he knew such a short time? Did the war affect the affection these two people felt for one another? In what way?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Inman? Why is Inman in the hospital? What has Inman done to be there? What war is Inman fighting? What side of the war is Inman fighting for? Why? Does Inman believe in the war? Why or why not? Why did Inman enlist? Why does Inman leave the hospital? Is Inman allowed to leave the hospital? What does Inman hope to find at the end of his travels?

Essay Topic 3

What lesson is Inman repeatedly told to learn? Why? Why do people ask this of Inman? What do they hope he will learn from this lesson? Does Inman learn this lesson? What does this lesson teach Inman?

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