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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 term used to define the generation the narrator was born into?
(a) The Miraculous Generation.
(b) The Lucky Ones.
(c) The Warrior Clan.
(d) The Lost Children.

2. What kind of structure are the Chestnuts assigned to live in when they arrive at the refugee camp?
(a) A houseboat.
(b) An apartment.
(c) A tent.
(d) A dormitory.

3. What did the narrator collect when he was young?
(a) Model cars.
(b) Postcards.
(c) Baseball cards.
(d) Marbles.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was the war settled?

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

3. What did the Chestnut children call Eliza Polk?

4. What is the narrator's lifelong career?

5. What is a Sea-Tok?

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