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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. What does Ada tell Inman about her relationship with Ruby?

2. What decision does Inman make about his outlier status?

3. How did this person get his nickname?

4. What does Inman learn about this new person that leaves him feeling as though solitude might not be the answer?

5. What does Inman dream about in the chapter, A Vow to Bear?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who once lived in the village that Ruby and Ada have brought Stobrod to?

2. Why are things awkward between Inman and Ada at first? How does this begin to change?

3. What animal does Inman dream about and later feel responsible for killing?

4. Who helps Inman with his injuries?

5. Who or what does Ruby catch in her trap in the cornfield?

6. Who visits Black Cove while Ruby is in town trading apple cider for beef?

7. Who attacks Sara's home while Inman is there?

8. What decision does Inman make the following morning about his future?

9. What does Inman find when he finally reaches Black Cove?

10. What do Ada and Ruby find when they come to Stobrod's camp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was Ada's relationship with her father like? How is it different from Ruby's relationship with her own father? How is it similar? Did Ada's relationship with her father affect her personality? If so, how? Was Ada's relationship with her father harmful? In what way? How could Ada's life have been different if her father had been different?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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