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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. Where do Ada and Ruby go for the night as snow begins to threaten?

2. What does Ada tell Inman about her relationship with Ruby?

3. What do Ada and Inman discuss after sharing their feelings for one another?

4. How does Inman attempt to find Ada?

5. Why does Sara agree to launder and mend Inman's clothes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who tells Ruby and Ada about the shooting of Pangle and Stobrod? How did this witness survive?

2. Who do Ruby, Ada, Stobrod, and Inman run into on their way to Black Cove?

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

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

5. What has caused an illness in Stobrod and his companions?

6. What does Stobrod tell Ruby and Ada to attempt to prove that he has changed?

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

8. Who attacks Sara's home while Inman is there?

9. Who helps Inman with his injuries?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Ada? Where has Ada come from? What kind of education does Ada have? Why? Is Ada's education typical of women who live in Cold Mountain? Why does Ada live in Cold Mountain? Why does Ada refuse to leave Cold Mountain when her father dies? How does Ada care for herself? Why does Ada not know how to cook?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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