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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What ability does Karina have that Benjamin remembers most clearly?
(a) Her ability to be still.
(b) Her ability to withstand cold.
(c) Her ability to sing.
(d) Her ability to stand pain.

3. What is Marcus Exum doing when Martina meets him?
(a) Helping the young men de-mining the field by reading the meter.
(b) Swimming in Emerald Creek.
(c) Using heat evaporation to filter dirt out of water
(d) Tearing the wings off of mosquitoes.

4. Why does Attic, one of the Salt Lake Boys, say he is fighting for the South?
(a) Because he is paid a mercenary salary.
(b) Because he wants to be something.
(c) Because the North burns his home.
(d) Because he loves the South and its people.

5. What does Sarat give to Gaines?
(a) A warm bathrobe.
(b) A kick in the shins.
(c) The knife he gave her.
(d) A metal star made by Adam Bragg, Sr.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Sarat's physical appearance NOT changed when is released from prison and returns to the Chestnut home?

2. Why have the Chestnuts built the levee?

3. What does Martina do at the camp to earn money?

4. What is the name of the old museum with a rotunda where the Chestnut girls and Bragg go for entertainment?

5. What was the name of the rebel South's first martyr?

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