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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 state does Sarat live in at the beginning of the book?
(a) Texas.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Mississippi.

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

3. On what date did the Free Southern States declare their independence?
(a) December 25, 2060.
(b) May 11, 2050.
(c) October 1, 2074.
(d) January 1, 2025.

4. What color was Dana's hair?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blonde.

5. What was one of the main causes for the start of the Second Civil War?
(a) The Federal government shot 59 Southern protestors.
(b) The border states created their own currency.
(c) The Blue Badges arrested 600 southerners.
(d) The South enraged the North by continuing to use slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What are Yuxis?

3. What happened after the war that caused ten times more people to die?

4. What aspect of the landscape does the eyewitness from the Kilgore, Texas regiment comment on?

5. What is the name of the refugee camp where the Chestnuts are sent?

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