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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 does Ruby send Ada out to get when Stobrod wakes them with his coughing in the middle of the night?

2. Why has Inman begun to fast as he reaches Cold Mountain?

3. What happens to the mother bear that is attempting to protect her cub from Inman?

4. What does Ruby do with the trapped animal from the cornfield?

5. How does Ruby react to Inman's eventual arrival?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who comes across Stobrod and Pangle, asking them questions before lining them up in front of a tree and shooting them?

2. What decision does Inman make the following morning about his future?

3. Why are things awkward between Inman and Ada at first? How does this begin to change?

4. What does Inman find when he finally reaches Black Cove?

5. Who visits Black Cove while Ruby is in town trading apple cider for beef?

6. Who once lived in the village that Ruby and Ada have brought Stobrod to?

7. What animal does Inman dream about and later feel responsible for killing?

8. What does Inman learn about his new companion that leads him to a conclusion about his own future?

9. Who or what does Ruby catch in her trap in the cornfield?

10. What does Inman do in exchange for a hot meal from a grief stricken mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Ruby? What kind of education does Ruby have? Where does Ruby come from? How are Ruby and Ada similar? How are they different? Why does Ruby come to live at Black Cove? What does Ruby want to do there? What does Ruby do there? How does Ruby impact Ada's life? Is this for the better? How?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss morality. Veasey is a preacher, but he appears to have no morals when it comes to sex and women. Why does Veasey begin a relationship with Laura when he is engaged to another woman? Why does Veasey want to kill Laura? Why does Inman not allow this murder? Why does Veasey later get into a fight with a prostitute over money? What do these actions say about Veasey's morals?

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