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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "To Live Like a Gamecock".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who arrives while Ada and Ruby listen to the prisoner yelling from his second story prison cell?
(a) The Federals.
(b) A Confederate military company.
(c) The Home Guard.
(d) The sheriff.

2. Who tells Ada at a Christmas party that she should marry Inman?
(a) Monroe.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Teague.
(d) Sally.

3. What kind of food does Inman find in the chapter Exile and Brute Wandering?
(a) Honey and catfish.
(b) A fresh vegetable garden.
(c) Cheese and chicken.
(d) Fresh deer meat.

4. What does the young man who takes Ada away during the party tell her?
(a) That he wants to be a preacher one day.
(b) That he is in love with her.
(c) That he is afraid of being killed in battle.
(d) That he wants to be president of the new Confederacy.

5. How does Inman escape his ordeal after leaving the farmer's home?
(a) Inman and Veasey decide they are better off where they are and do nothing.
(b) Inman survives the shooting and is able to cut his restraints with a rock.
(c) Inman and Veasey are rescued by Lila, the farmer's wife.
(d) Inman and Veasey run away in the middle of the night.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What skill does Ada not have that she might need to survive on her own?

3. What does Ruby suggest Ada sell to generate some money to help them survive the winter?

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

5. Who does Inman write a letter to at the end of the first chapter?

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