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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 is Sara, a woman Inman meets in the chapter, Bride Bed Full of Blood?

2. How did this person get his nickname?

3. What do most Christians consider the fiddle, refer to it as?

4. Who is Pangle?

5. What does Inman dream about in the chapter, A Vow to Bear?

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. Who helps Inman with his injuries?

4. How does Ada react when she first sees Inman? Does Ada react as Inman imagined she would?

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

6. How does Inman end up at the home of a war widow?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Home Guard. What is the purpose of the Home Guard? Is Inman afraid of the Home Guard? Should Inman be afraid of the Home Guard? Why does Junior sell Inman to the Home Guard? What has Inman done to attract the attention of the Home Guard? What did Veasey do to deserve to be arrested by the Home Guard? Did the Home Guard have the right to shot their prisoners, including Veasey? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Civil War. Why did the author chose to set his novel against the backdrop of the Civil War? How did the war affect the people of the United States during the fighting? How did the fighting affect the soldiers? How is this reflected in the character of Inman? How is it reflected in Ada? In Ruby?

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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