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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Source and Root".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Inman take with him when he leaves the hospital at the end of the first chapter?
(a) Inman takes nothing but a change of clothes.
(b) Inman takes a book and money he took from his neighbor who has died.
(c) Inman takes his readied haversack and the manuscript Balis was working on.
(d) Inman takes his readied haversack and a picture he admired that belonged to his now dead neighbor.

2. What text is Balis, Inman's neighbor in the hospital, translating into English?
(a) A Greek text.
(b) A French text.
(c) A Spanish text.
(d) A Latin text.

3. Where did Inman meet Ada for the first time?
(a) At the local store.
(b) At the local school.
(c) At church.
(d) At a friend's house.

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

5. Why did Monroe not marry Ada's mother when they were both younger?
(a) Her father would not allow the marriage to take place.
(b) He caught her kissing another man.
(c) She was already married to someone else.
(d) He did not meet her till they were older.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who saves Inman's companion from being shot in a standoff with a drunk?

2. Where does Ruby live while helping Ada at Black Cove?

3. 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?

4. Why does Ada find herself sitting in Inman's lap?

5. While cooking corn mash, Inman smells what downstream?

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