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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapters 1-4 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Chestnuts get across the river when they leave their home?
(a) They swim across, carrying their belongings in waterproof sacks.
(b) They hike to the bridge five miles away.
(c) They float across on Simon's raft.
(d) They call for a water taxi.

2. What killed 110 million people?
(a) The huge tsunami that hit the coast.
(b) The Reunification Plague.
(c) The bombings in South Carolina.
(d) The drought that destroyed the food supplies.

3. What aspect of the landscape does the eyewitness from the Kilgore, Texas regiment comment on?
(a) Sharp, brown grass.
(b) Shifting desert sands.
(c) Lush, green jungles.
(d) Muddy river banks.

4. Where did the Chestnut family hide their valuables?
(a) In an old metal can tied to a string and floating in the river.
(b) Under a loose floorboard of their house.
(c) In a drainpipe off the roof of their house.
(d) Beneath the rotted out stump in their backyard.

5. What did the Chestnut children call Eliza Polk?
(a) Santa Muerte.
(b) Wicked Witch.
(c) Ave Maria.
(d) Santa Claus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the Blue Badges?

2. What emblem is on the flag of the United Rebels?

3. When Martina arrives at the refugee camp, she is told to claim a certain town as her hometown. What is the name of that town?

4. What is the term used to define the generation the narrator was born into?

5. What did the narrator collect when he was young?

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