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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. Who saves Inman's companion from being shot in a standoff with a drunk?

2. What has Ada done on the farm since her father's death?

3. How is Teague dressed?

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

5. What book does Inman read while in the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Ruby when she was only four?

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

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

4. Who is Odell and what story does he tell Inman?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who does Ada think of as she watches the piano moved out of the house?

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

What was Ada's relationship with her father like? How is it different from Ruby's relationship with her own father? How is it similar? Did Ada's relationship with her father affect her personality? If so, how? Was Ada's relationship with her father harmful? In what way? How could Ada's life have been different if her father had been different?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Trail of Tears. What was the Trail of Tears? How does the Trail of Tears compare to the actions of the Home Guard? How did the Trail of Tears affect the Indians? How did it affect Inman and other character's sympathetic to the Indians? Why does the author mention the Trail of Tears repeatedly in this novel?

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