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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sarat hide her presence from the Northern soldier when she goes out to see what is happening?
(a) Sarat hides by burrowing underneath the dead bodies of the Virginia Cavaliers.
(b) Sarat hides by running to the water and going under.
(c) Sarat hides by jumping into Emerald Creek.
(d) Sarat hides by disguising herself as a Northern soldier wearing black.

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

3. What state had refugees who wanted to live permanently at the camp?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Mississippi
(d) South Carolina.

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

5. What emblem is on the flag of the United Rebels?
(a) A rattlesnake.
(b) A blue bird.
(c) A gas pump.
(d) A pecan tree.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How do the Chestnuts get across the river when they leave their home?

4. What is the narrator dying from?

5. What kind of statue sits near the front door to Sarat's house?

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