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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. Why is Sarat hesitant to move to Atlanta with Dana?
(a) Because Sarat is afraid of big cities.
(b) Because Sarat does not really like living with her sister.
(c) Because Sarat knows that they do not have money for transportation.
(d) Because Sarat believes they need to stay and help their people.

2. What does Sarat do to her hair after she goes into Emerald Creek?
(a) She braids it into dreadlocks.
(b) She shaves it all off.
(c) She dyes it bright green.
(d) She pulls it down over her eyes to avoid people looking at her.

3. What state had refugees who wanted to live permanently at the camp?
(a) Georgia.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Mississippi
(d) Alabama.

4. What state does Sarat live in at the beginning of the book?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Texas.
(d) Mississippi.

5. What supply is in over-abundance at the refugee camp?
(a) Soap.
(b) Pillows.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Coffee.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many passengers were allowed to board the bus when it stopped after picking up the Chestnuts?

2. Where is the capital of the Federal government?

3. What was wrong with the Southern flag?

4. What document is Sarat's father hoping to obtain?

5. What does the narrator say the story is about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Sarat and Marcus discover on the riverbanks of the rebel camp, and how does it frighten them?

2. What is the significance of the Statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe?

3. Discuss why Sarat's father is going to the government office.

4. Explain the narrator's vocation and how it affects his telling of the story.

5. What is the first food that Albert Gaines gives to Sarat and why is that significant?

6. Explain where the South gets most of its provisions.

7. Explain why Sarat earns the nickname of Payday.

8. Why is the Virginia Cavalier's killing of the colonel and theft of Northern supplies important?

9. Why do the Chestnuts want to go North?

10. What did Albert Gaines' father mean when he told his son to go into "blood work"?

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