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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Footsteps in the Snow".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the leader of these men order be done with Stobrod and Pangle after they get the answers they needed?
(a) He orders them arrested.
(b) He orders them hung.
(c) He orders that they be allowed to go free.
(d) He orders them shot.

2. What do Ruby and Ada allow the messenger to do as they leave?
(a) To take a few chickens when he leaves.
(b) To sleep in the hayloft until dark.
(c) To sleep in the house until they return.
(d) To take their horse to escape the area.

3. Why did Ada's father choose Cold Mountain over a spa or other appropriate situation?
(a) Ada's father believed it was his calling to preach to the mountain people.
(b) Ada's father wanted to be close to the Indians indiginous to the area.
(c) Ada's father loved Cold Mountain.
(d) Ada's father felt the weather of Cold Mountain would be better than any other place.

4. Who is the woman named Laura that Inman meets in the chapter, Life Any Other Thing, a Gift?
(a) Laura is the woman the preacher has gotten pregnant and wants to kill to hide his indiscretion.
(b) Laura is the war widow Inman meets beside Deep River.
(c) Laura is the wife of a farmer Inman helps by cutting up a bull that has died in the river by his farm.
(d) Laura is the sister of a Home Guardsmen who ambushes Inman at Deep River.

5. Why does Ruby come to Black Cove?
(a) Ruby wants to offer her services to Ada.
(b) Ruby wants to buy Ada's animals.
(c) Ruby wants to befriend Ada.
(d) Ruby wants to buy Black Cove.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who introduced Inman to Ada?

2. What does this person who joins Inman in the chapter, Exile and Brute Wandering, tell Inman about what happened to him after their last meeting?

3. In the chapter, A Satisfied Mind, what does Ruby take into town to trade for beef?

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

5. Who comes to Sara's house the next morning after she and Inman share a bed?

(see the answer key)

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