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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 happens to the men who steal from Sara's home?

2. How many people were originally in the grief stricken mother's family that Inman meets in the chapter, A Vow to Bear?

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

4. What does Inman hope Ada's reaction will be when she sees him?

5. What noise attracts Inman to Ada and Ruby's camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who do Ruby, Ada, Stobrod, and Inman run into on their way to Black Cove?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Greek translation. Why does Inman take this translation after the translator dies? What do these translations mean to Inman? What does Inman plan to do with them after he finds Ada? Does Inman ever get the chance to work on these translations? What is the coverless book Inman carries with him through his travels? Why does Inman read this book? What does this book teach him?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Inman? Why is Inman in the hospital? What has Inman done to be there? What war is Inman fighting? What side of the war is Inman fighting for? Why? Does Inman believe in the war? Why or why not? Why did Inman enlist? Why does Inman leave the hospital? Is Inman allowed to leave the hospital? What does Inman hope to find at the end of his travels?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss setting. What is significant about Cold Mountain? Why did the author chose to set his novel in this place? How do the lives of the people indigent to this area affect the plot? There are a lot of Indian legends in this area. How do those legends affect the developing plot? How would the novel be different without these legends?

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