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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Ashes of Roses".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Monroe's favorite poet?
(a) Holmes.
(b) Woodsworth.
(c) Whitman.
(d) Palmer.

2. What did Ada later learn happened to this young man who spent time alone with her during her final party in Charleston?
(a) That he became a preacher.
(b) That he was killed at Gettysburg.
(c) That he became a politician.
(d) That he married another young woman.

3. While cooking corn mash, Inman smells what downstream?
(a) Real food being cooked.
(b) That the corn is spoiled.
(c) The approach of diry, smelly men.
(d) A dead animal.

4. What does Inman do to help Laura?
(a) Inman takes Laura to a settlement where she might find her husband.
(b) Inman seduces Laura and agrees to marry her.
(c) Inman returns her to her home, safe and sound.
(d) Inman save Laura from a group of Federals who want to steal her only means of survival.

5. What income did Ada and her father live on?
(a) Investments only.
(b) An investment and a small section of the farm.
(c) An inheritance from the family of Ada's mother.
(d) The farm only.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the woman named Laura that Inman meets in the chapter, Life Any Other Thing, a Gift?

2. Who comes to Ruby's rescue?

3. Who does Inman run into in the middle of the night at Deep River?

4. What confession does the person Inman meets at Deep River make?

5. Why does a preacher believe Inman means to kill him?

(see the answer key)

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