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

2. How did this person get his nickname?

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

4. What reason does Stobrod give for wanting to live at Black Cove?

5. Who is Sara, a woman Inman meets in the chapter, Bride Bed Full of Blood?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Inman end up at the home of a war widow?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Death is a theme of the novel. Why is death a theme of the novel? Why is Monroe obsessed with death? Is Monroe obsessed with his own death, or the death's of other people? How did the death of Monroe's wife affect his feelings about death? Is Inman obsessed with death? Why is Inman convinced every day will be his last?

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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