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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 story does Ada read to Ruby in the chapter Ashes of Roses?
(a) Homer.
(b) The Legend of King Arthur and the Round Table.
(c) The Tale of the Green Knight.
(d) The Odyssy.

2. Who does Inman run into in the middle of the night at Deep River?
(a) A war widow.
(b) A preacher.
(c) A Home Guardsman.
(d) A farmer with a wounded bull.

3. What is Ada looking for when she goes searching in the basement?
(a) Signs of rodents.
(b) A rare book her father kept there.
(c) Wine she thinks her father hid there.
(d) Champagne left from a party.

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

5. Why does a neighbor have such a grudge against Stobrod that he often shoots at him when he passes his farm?
(a) Stobrod burned down his house while helping him burn logs.
(b) Stobrod leaves him alone, causing him to be mauled by a bear.
(c) Stobrod left him alone, causing him to become trapped under some logs.
(d) Stobrod got him arrested by distilling illegal liquor on his property.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ruby's father?

2. How does Inman attempt to cross the river?

3. Where are the guests who visit Black Cove going?

4. At whose house did Ada attend her final party in Charleston?

5. Who tells Ada at a Christmas party that she should marry Inman?

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