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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 do these men want to know about?

2. What wish does Inman make when he lies down to sleep in the chapter, A Vow to Bear?

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

4. What does Inman offer to do for a grief stricken mother in the chapter, A Vow to Bear?

5. What memory of Ada does Inman share with Ada while they are alone in Ada's cabin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who helps Inman with his injuries?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 3

Why does Stobrod begin caring for the simple-minded man who joins the deserters? What does Stobrod hope to gain from this friendship? How does this friendship between her father and the simple man affect Ruby? What does this friendship say about Stobrod's character? Does this friendship show a change in Stobrod's character? How?

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