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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of torture finally causes Sarat to confess to crimes she did not commit?
(a) Enforced silence and lack of communication with others.
(b) Prolonged exposure to sound.
(c) Waterboarding.
(d) Prolonged exposure to light.

3. How many days is Sarat in the Light Room?
(a) 20 days.
(b) 50 days.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 3 days.

4. What is Sarat's emotional response to Simon's survival?
(a) She is devastated and goes into a depression.
(b) She is joyful at the impact his daily life has on her.
(c) She is angry that he survived as just a shell of his former self.
(d) She is thrilled that he is alive at all.

5. What is the color associated with the border states that are often sympathetic to the south?
(a) Purple.
(b) Orange.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens at Camp Thursday?

2. What weather event happened two days before the massacre?

3. What does Dana call Sarat before Dana gets on the bus that takes the survivors away from the camp?

4. Where does the South get its food, clothing, and necessities?

5. What did the Chestnut children call Eliza Polk?

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