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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 Inman do to his companion's horse upon meeting up with another group of men?

2. What instrument does Ada and Ruby's guest play?

3. Why does Sara ask Inman to share her bed?

4. What do Ruby and Ada find when they arrive at Stobrod's camp?

5. How does this new person help Inman with his journey?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who helps Inman with his injuries?

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

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

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

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

Why does Ruby dislike Stobrod? Does Ruby have good reason to dislike her father? What does Ruby blame her father for? Was Stobrod ever abusive toward Ruby? Did Stobrod neglect his daughter? If so, why? Why does Ruby refuse to allow Stobrod around? Is this a punishment of sort? How does Ruby feel when Stobrod is shot? Does this change Ruby's relationship with her father? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Inman and Ada barely know one another before Inman goes to war, but Inman is deeply in love with Ada. Discuss how courtship was different in the time period in which this novel takes place. Would a modern woman have waited for a man like Inman return from war like Ada does? Would a modern woman fall in love with a man with such limited contact? Would a modern man imagine a lifetime with a woman he knew such a short time? Did the war affect the affection these two people felt for one another? In what way?

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