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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Naught and Grief".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character in the story Ada reads to Ruby does Ruby believe resembles her father?
(a) Beowulf.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Lancelot.
(d) Sir Gawain.

2. What do these men want to know about?
(a) The band of outliers robbing rich slavers.
(b) Where the nearest town is.
(c) Where Inman might be.
(d) What unit Stobrod and Pangle are with.

3. Why does Inman's progress begin to slow in the chapter, The Doing of It?
(a) Inman is injured, both from a wound to the head and the wound in his neck from the war battle.
(b) Inman has begun to starve to death and the malnutrition is making him so sick he cannot walk very well.
(c) Inman has contracted an illness in his chest, is running a fever, and is delirious.
(d) Inman is beginning to doubt his decision to walk away from his committment to the army and is considering returning.

4. Where are the guests who visit Black Cove going?
(a) Nashville, Tennessee.
(b) Dallas, Texas.
(c) Camden, South Carolina.
(d) Casper, Wyoming.

5. In the chapter, Naught and Grief, who has joined Stobrod and Pangle?
(a) A young Indian woman.
(b) A young man from Georgia.
(c) Pangle's cousin.
(d) A young man from Tennessee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Inman learn about this new person that leaves him feeling as though solitude might not be the answer?

2. What story does Ada read to Ruby in the chapter Ashes of Roses?

3. Who does Inman meet as he comes to the end of his map in the chapter, The Doing of It?

4. What causes one of these men to believe Stobrod and Pangle are holy men?

5. How does this new person help Inman with his journey?

(see the answer key)

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