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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Inman dream of living one day?

2. What contest do Ada and Ruby have one night in the chapter, In Place of the Truth?

3. What text is Balis, Inman's neighbor in the hospital, translating into English?

4. Who does the farmer sell Inman and Veasey to for $5 a head?

5. At whose house did Ada attend her final party in Charleston?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ruby put a trap in the corn field? Why does Ada instruct her to pad the teeth on the trap?

2. What scene do Ada and Ruby stumble on on their way back to Black Cove?

3. Inman comes across a preacher in the middle of the night. What does Inman stop the preacher from doing?

4. What is Ada's father doing when he dies?

5. What does Inman leave money for even as he steals it?

6. What does Ruby instruct Ada to create?

7. What is the main topic of conversation when Ada and Ruby visit Monroe's friend, Mrs. McKennet?

8. What surprises Ada about the circumstances of her conception and birth?

9. Who is Balis? What manuscript is he working on?

10. What happened to Ruby when she was only four?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Stobrod begin caring for the simple-minded man who joins the deserters? What does Stobrod hope to gain from this friendship? How does this friendship between her father and the simple man affect Ruby? What does this friendship say about Stobrod's character? Does this friendship show a change in Stobrod's character? How?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Ada? Where has Ada come from? What kind of education does Ada have? Why? Is Ada's education typical of women who live in Cold Mountain? Why does Ada live in Cold Mountain? Why does Ada refuse to leave Cold Mountain when her father dies? How does Ada care for herself? Why does Ada not know how to cook?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss morality. Why does Inman leave the military hospital without permission? Is this against the law? How does this reflect Inman's belief in the war? Should a soldier be forced to fight a war he does not believe in? Why or why not? Should Inman be forced to go back to the war? Should Inman be killed for deserting? Why or why not?

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