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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused Ruby to spend the night in the woods when she is only four?
(a) She is injured in a rock slide.
(b) She is cornered by a mother bear protecting her cub.
(c) She is lost in the dark.
(d) She becomes attached to a blackthorn tree.

2. Who believes parties are a waste of time and energy?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Laura.
(c) Sally.
(d) Ada.

3. Why does Ada decide not to return to Charleston after her father's death?
(a) Ada feels Cold Mountain is the only place where she belongs.
(b) Ada feels she has nothing to go back to.
(c) Ada does not like her relatives in Charleston.
(d) Ada has bad memories of her childhood in Charleston.

4. What item did Inman find on a battlefield and hide during his medical ordeal?
(a) A leather medicine bag.
(b) A Whitworth .45 riffle.
(c) A LeMat's pistol.
(d) A picture of an unknown woman.

5. Who introduced Inman to Ada?
(a) Monroe.
(b) Swimmer.
(c) Ruby.
(d) Sally Swanger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Ada done on the farm since her father's death?

2. What does Inman do to help Laura?

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

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

5. What does Ada find in the basement of her house?

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