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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Spirits of Crows, Dancing".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 wife of a farmer Inman helps by cutting up a bull that has died in the river by his farm.
(c) Laura is the war widow Inman meets beside Deep River.
(d) Laura is the sister of a Home Guardsmen who ambushes Inman at Deep River.

2. Where do Ada and Ruby go for the night as snow begins to threaten?
(a) To an abandoned Indian cave.
(b) To the same shelter they used the night before.
(c) To an abandoned barn.
(d) To a village abandoned by the Trail of Tears.

3. Who does Inman write a letter to at the end of the first chapter?
(a) Inman writes a letter to the girl he met the summer he spent in the woods attempting to learn the Cherokee ways.
(b) Inman writes a letter to his mother.
(c) Inman writes a letter to his brother.
(d) Inman writes a letter to the girl who sat on his lap four years ago.

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

5. 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 has bad memories of her childhood in Charleston.
(c) Ada feels she has nothing to go back to.
(d) Ada does not like her relatives in Charleston.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the spell Inman speaks after the fight he is forced into outside the settlement?

2. What does Inman say happened in Petersburg?

3. What guards the farms that Inman passes in the flatlands?

4. Who comes to visit while Ada is at Black Cove alone in the chapter, A Satisfied Mind?

5. Who introduced Inman to Ada?

(see the answer key)

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