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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Martina react to Sarat earning $100 by going into Emerald Creek?
(a) She is frightened that Sarat will get sick.
(b) She is mad and slaps Sarat.
(c) She is thrilled and takes the money from Sarat.
(d) She is proud and throws Sarat a party.

2. What kind of pet do Sarat and Marcus keep in an abandoned tent?
(a) A snake.
(b) A dog.
(c) A cat.
(d) A turtle.

3. The night before the massacre, Gaines shares a delicacy with Sarat. What is it?
(a) Lobster.
(b) Champagne.
(c) Caviar.
(d) Chocolate.

4. Where did the name Sarat come from?
(a) A town in southern Georgia where she was born.
(b) An elderly aunt who had a speech impediment.
(c) A kindergarten teacher who accidentally read her middle initial as the last letter of her first name.
(d) An Egyptian queen character in a novel her mother was reading.

5. What did Joe do for Gaines that Gaines considered a gift?
(a) Joe gave Gaines a car so he could travel in luxury.
(b) Joe gave Gaines a huge salary for taking care of Joe's problems.
(c) Joe provided Gaines' wife and daughter safety.
(d) Joe offered Gaines food when everyone else was starving.

6. What kind of clothes do the refugees wear to the service in the chapel?
(a) Orange jumpsuits.
(b) White vests with red crescents on them.
(c) Dresses, hats, suits, and ties.
(d) Shirts that say FSS on the back.

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

8. Where was Sarat's father born?
(a) Canada.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Spain.

9. What section of the camp does Albert Gaines ask Sarat to deliver a message to?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Texas.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Mississippi.

10. Who is the author of the novel American War?
(a) Oscar Alouff.
(b) Benjamin Shaben.
(c) Omar El Akkad.
(d) Bertold Brecht.

11. What year was the war settled?
(a) 2100.
(b) 2078.
(c) 2065.
(d) 2095.

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

13. What did the narrator collect when he was young?
(a) Model cars.
(b) Postcards.
(c) Marbles.
(d) Baseball cards.

14. What was the symbol of the group Simon joined?
(a) A horseshoe held aloft with a sword.
(b) A knife engraved with the letter S.
(c) A bullet pierced with a nail.
(d) A hammer wrapped with barbed wire.

15. What event caused the Northern soldiers to attack Camp Patience?
(a) The loss of electricity to the North because the refugees cut the power lines.
(b) The destruction of the Northern army's railroad lines by Sarat's girls.
(c) The theft of the Northern army's main food source by rebel forces.
(d) The killing of their general by underground mines placed by the Virginia Cavaliers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of structure are the Chestnuts assigned to live in when they arrive at the refugee camp?

2. Where is Joe from?

3. Where did the Chestnut family hide their valuables?

4. What rebel group did Simon join?

5. Which of the following items is NOT a gift that Gaines gave to Sarat?

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