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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. When the narrator talks about "Birds," to what is he referring?
(a) Remote-controlled weapons of war that flew overhead, spying on and killing the enemy.
(b) Large carrion raptors that came to the battlefields after a battle.
(c) Northern Red Cross dirigibles.
(d) Secret hand signals that indicated participation in the Southern resistance.

2. What weather event happened two days before the massacre?
(a) A heavy rainstorm.
(b) A summer tornado.
(c) A violent sandstorm.
(d) A freak blizzard.

3. What food does Martina eat that came out of a ration kit?
(a) Beef jerky.
(b) Apricot-flavored gel.
(c) Reconstituted beef stew.
(d) Freeze-dried ice cream.

4. Where did the name Sarat come from?
(a) A town in southern Georgia where she was born.
(b) An Egyptian queen character in a novel her mother was reading.
(c) A kindergarten teacher who accidentally read her middle initial as the last letter of her first name.
(d) An elderly aunt who had a speech impediment.

5. What does Sarat do to herself to remind her that she was still alive?
(a) Looked in the mirror and whispers, "I am. I am."
(b) Digs her fingernails into her thighs, drawing blood.
(c) Whispers her sister's name over and over.
(d) Pretends she is shooting her rifle at Blue targets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarat do for Sabrina when she finds her beaten, raped, and left for dead in a tent?

2. What food do the Virginia Cavaliers share with the camp?

3. What killed 110 million people?

4. How many days is Sarat in the Light Room?

5. What state does Sarat live in at the beginning of the book?

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