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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. What is the name of the refugee camp where the Chestnuts are sent?
(a) Camp Honor.
(b) Camp Fuel Fighters.
(c) Camp Boat Builders.
(d) Camp Patience.

2. What happens that causes Martina to pack up her family and flee their home?
(a) The death of all their livestock.
(b) The explosions and bombings of war.
(c) The destruction of their home.
(d) The illness of her mother.

3. What happened to Eliza Polk's family?
(a) They were buried alive for using fossil fuel.
(b) They were killed fighting for the South.
(c) They ran away to the North.
(d) They went to prison for stealing food.

4. What piece of equipment had Simon sawed in half?
(a) A shovel handle.
(b) A wheelbarrow.
(c) A workbench.
(d) A ladder.

5. When the story opens, what is Sarat doing?
(a) Cooking bacon and eggs for breakfast.
(b) Taking a mud-bath in the river.
(c) Pouring honey into the knotholes in the floor of their house.
(d) Setting fire to the brush pile in the backyard.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What year was the war settled?

3. On what date did the Free Southern States declare their independence?

4. How was Sarat's father killed?

5. What color was Dana's hair?

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