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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 happened after the war that caused ten times more people to die?
(a) A Tsunami on the West Coast.
(b) A wildfire across North America.
(c) The Famine-Producing Drought.
(d) The Reunification Plague.

2. What is a Sea-Tok?
(a) A car that steers like a boat.
(b) A bicycle equipped to go in the water.
(c) A boat that uses solar-fed motors.
(d) A small horse trained to carry riders through water.

3. Where is the capital of the Federal government?
(a) Savannah, Georgia.
(b) Austin, Texas.
(c) Columbus, Ohio.
(d) Washington, D.C.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What killed 110 million people?

2. How was Sarat's father killed?

3. Who is the author of the novel American War?

4. What does the narrator say the story is about?

5. How does the narrator feel about "her"?

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