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

2. What does Ruby instruct Ada to do while she is in town trading for beef?

3. How does Inman attempt to find Ada?

4. With whom does Inman leave the camp?

5. How did this person get his nickname?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Ada and Ruby find when they come to Stobrod's camp?

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

4. What does Stobrod finally confess he wants from Ruby?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Discuss slavery. What is slavery? Was the Civil War about slavery? In what way? How is slavery represented in this novel? What do the main characters think of slavery? Did any of them own slaves? How did slavery affect their lives? How did the war affect their lives? How do the two things compare as far as their impact on the characters?

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