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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Sarat hesitant to move to Atlanta with Dana?
(a) Because Sarat does not really like living with her sister.
(b) Because Sarat knows that they do not have money for transportation.
(c) Because Sarat is afraid of big cities.
(d) Because Sarat believes they need to stay and help their people.

2. What kind of torture finally causes Sarat to confess to crimes she did not commit?
(a) Enforced silence and lack of communication with others.
(b) Prolonged exposure to light.
(c) Waterboarding.
(d) Prolonged exposure to sound.

3. What are Yuxis?
(a) The unfiltered cigarettes Benjamin Chestnut smoked.
(b) A plant the Chestnuts ground up to feed their chickens.
(c) The type of jeans that Simon wore.
(d) Sarat Chestnut's favorite kind of cookie.

4. What is Sarat's emotional response to Simon's survival?
(a) She is thrilled that he is alive at all.
(b) She is angry that he survived as just a shell of his former self.
(c) She is joyful at the impact his daily life has on her.
(d) She is devastated and goes into a depression.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What stands on the outskirts of Atlanta?

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

3. When the narrator talks about "Birds," to what is he referring?

4. How many passengers were allowed to board the bus when it stopped after picking up the Chestnuts?

5. What is the name of the camp to which Southern detainees are taken?

(see the answer key)

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