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

2. What type of saw do Inman and Veasey find?

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

4. Why does Ruby come to Black Cove?

5. Who cuts the face of Inman's companion for haggling too much over price?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Ada decide to sell her piano?

4. What is the purpose of the spell, To Destroy Life?

5. What does Ruby instruct Ada to create?

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

7. Why is Inman in a military hospital?

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

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

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 morality. Why does Inman leave the military hospital without permission? Is this against the law? How does this reflect Inman's belief in the war? Should a soldier be forced to fight a war he does not believe in? Why or why not? Should Inman be forced to go back to the war? Should Inman be killed for deserting? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss character growth. What is character growth? How is character growth represented in the novel's plot? Which characters show growth in this novel? How? Does Ada show character growth? Who helps Ada to grow? How does this growth affect he people around Ada? What about Ruby and Stobrod? Do they show growth? How?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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