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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 is the first thing Inman does when he finally finds Ada?

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

3. What happens to the mother bear that is attempting to protect her cub from Inman?

4. What does Inman read to Ada while she makes dinner after his arrival?

5. Who joins Ada and Ruby for supper as they enjoy what will most likely be their final dinner outside that fall?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What was Ada's relationship with her father like? How is it different from Ruby's relationship with her own father? How is it similar? Did Ada's relationship with her father affect her personality? If so, how? Was Ada's relationship with her father harmful? In what way? How could Ada's life have been different if her father had been different?

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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