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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did this person come to compose his own music?
(a) He was inspired by the death of the woman he loved.
(b) He was inspired by the death and destruction he witnessed in the war.
(c) He was inspired by a dying girl he was paid to perform for.
(d) He was inspired by his daughter.

2. Who joins Ada and Ruby for supper as they enjoy what will most likely be their final dinner outside that fall?
(a) Inman.
(b) Brice.
(c) Stobrod.
(d) Veasey.

3. What do these men want to know about?
(a) Where Inman might be.
(b) The band of outliers robbing rich slavers.
(c) What unit Stobrod and Pangle are with.
(d) Where the nearest town is.

4. What noise attracts Inman to Ada and Ruby's camp?
(a) Ruby's yelling.
(b) Ada's shotgun shots.
(c) Ada's screams.
(d) Ruby's riffle.

5. 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 them shot.
(d) He orders that they be allowed to go free.

6. What does Inman learn about this new person that leaves him feeling as though solitude might not be the answer?
(a) That she is lonesome and he would be too.
(b) That solitude leads to insanity.
(c) That she risks death every time she does anything that could lead to injury.
(d) That solitude is boring.

7. What does Ada tell Inman about her relationship with Ruby?
(a) That Ruby is her illegitimate sister.
(b) That Ruby has become her lover.
(c) That Ruby is not a servant and will not take orders.
(d) That Ruby is her child.

8. What does Inman dream about in the chapter, A Vow to Bear?
(a) That he has been killed in battle.
(b) That he has become a bear and is shot and skinned by hunters.
(c) That he returns to Sara and becomes her husband.
(d) That he has returned to Cold Mountain to find Ada married to another man.

9. What wish does Inman make when he lies down to sleep in the chapter, A Vow to Bear?
(a) A quick end to his journey.
(b) For a larger moon.
(c) To be alive when the sun rises.
(d) To see Ada before he dies.

10. In the chapter, Naught and Grief, who has joined Stobrod and Pangle?
(a) A young man from Tennessee.
(b) A young man from Georgia.
(c) A young Indian woman.
(d) Pangle's cousin.

11. How does Inman attempt to find Ada?
(a) He follows footsteps in the snow.
(b) He follows blood drops on the vegetation.
(c) He follows a map Swimmer gave him.
(d) He follows directions given to him at Black Cove.

12. How does this new person help Inman with his journey?
(a) She gives him a ride back to the military hospital.
(b) She treats his wounds and gives him medication.
(c) She feeds him a hearty meal that staves off starvation.
(d) She nurses him through his illness.

13. Who comes to visit while Ada is at Black Cove alone in the chapter, A Satisfied Mind?
(a) Inman.
(b) Henry.
(c) Stobrod.
(d) Brice.

14. What instrument does Ada and Ruby's guest play?
(a) A banjo.
(b) A guitar.
(c) A set of drums.
(d) A fiddle.

15. What do most Christians consider the fiddle, refer to it as?
(a) The Devil's Playground.
(b) The Devil's Box.
(c) The Devil's Guitar.
(d) The Devil's Instrument.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Inman offer to do for a grief stricken mother in the chapter, A Vow to Bear?

2. What does Inman hope Ada's reaction will be when she sees him?

3. How did this person get his nickname?

4. What does Ruby find in the trap she set in the cornfield?

5. What happens to the men who steal from Sara's home?

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