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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of the spell Inman speaks?
(a) To cause an enemy to catch a terrible, disfiguring illness.
(b) To cause an enemy to die in his sleep.
(c) To cause one's enemies to go to Nightland alone, covered in dog excrement, and blue with despair.
(d) To send an enemy to jail for their crimes.

2. What vision does Ada see when Esco encourages her to look backwards down a well in a mirror?
(a) A figure walking in snow.
(b) A figure walking in a corridor of trees.
(c) A figure running in an open meadow.
(d) A figure running toward a river.

3. How does Inman attempt to cross the river?
(a) On a small raft someone has left abandoned.
(b) In a canoe piloted by the daughter of the ferryman.
(c) In a boat he finds tied to a tree on the shore.
(d) On a ferry.

4. Where is Inman's companion planning on going?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) California.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Texas.

5. What does Veasey believe they should do with the saw?
(a) Use it to murder a prostitute who crossed them.
(b) Give it to a farmer in need.
(c) Sell it for money.
(d) Trade it for food.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Inman steal while at the same time leaving money for its cost?

3. Who does Ruby suggest came up with the idea of celebrating Thanksgiving?

4. What character in the story Ada reads to Ruby does Ruby believe resembles her father?

5. Why does a preacher believe Inman means to kill him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Inman learn happened to the preacher and his lover?

2. Who comes to the scene Ada and Ruby are watching?

3. Who attempts to seduce Inman by putting some sort of drug in his drink?

4. Who helps Ada after the death of her father?

5. What does Ruby believe is a waste of time?

6. What story does Ada read to Ruby? Which character reminds Ruby of her father?

7. What happens when Inman attempts to cross a river using the canoe of a young Indian woman?

8. What does Inman do with a saw he and Veasey find?

9. To whom does Inman send a letter shortly before leaving the hospital?

10. To whom does Junior sell Inman and Veasey for $5 a head?

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