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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 is Joe's real name?

2. Why does Marcus think that the North stationed him as a patrol agent in the South?

3. Who does Joe work for?

4. What does Benjamin do with Sarat's diaries?

5. What is Sarat's emotional response to Simon's survival?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Sarat opt to live when she is released from Sugarloaf to go back home?

2. Why does Sarat not want the house to run on solar power?

3. What is Joe's role in the apocalypse to come?

4. Why does Trough want to go with Sarat in the medical transport to the North?

5. Discuss Sarat's reaction to finding out that Gaines had lots of other recruits.

6. What is Sarat's reaction to the survival of her brother?

7. Why was Benjamin happy about the storm named Scott that caused damage in his locale?

8. Who is Karina Chowdury?

9. What does Benjamin ask Sarat about her own burial?

10. Explain why swimming is significant to both Sarat and to Benjamin.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Sarat and Dana.

Essay Topic 2

Create a chronological report of at least four ways that Sarat could be considered a victim of the war.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the use of the factual documents included at the end of each chapter. Theorize why the author chose to use the integrated style of both narrative story and documentary evidence. Give at least three reasons for your theory.

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