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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 float across on Simon's raft.
(b) They swim across, carrying their belongings in waterproof sacks.
(c) They hike to the bridge five miles away.
(d) They call for a water taxi.

2. What kind of home does Sarat live in?
(a) Sarat lives on a rusty old houseboat.
(b) Sarat lives in a dilapidated, two-story wooden farmhouse.
(c) Sarat lives in a cave along the riverbank.
(d) Sarat lives in a corrugated steel container salvaged from the shipyard.

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

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

5. How many people were estimated to be killed in the war?
(a) Nine hundred thousand.
(b) Eleven million.
(c) Two million.
(d) Twenty million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What killed 110 million people?

2. What was one of the main causes for the start of the Second Civil War?

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

4. When the story opens, what is Sarat doing?

5. What did the Chestnut children call Eliza Polk?

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