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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 map does Inman follow on the next leg of his journey in the chapter, The Doing of It?

2. What does Ada tell Inman about her relationship with Ruby?

3. What causes Stobrod and his companions to become ill in the chapter Naught and Grief?

4. How did this person get his nickname?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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?

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