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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What weather event happened two days before the massacre?
(a) A violent sandstorm.
(b) A freak blizzard.
(c) A heavy rainstorm.
(d) A summer tornado.

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

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

4. What do the women in the refugee camp call their homemade liquor?
(a) Crazy.
(b) Joyful.
(c) Tear-jerker.
(d) Killer.

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

6. What color is associated with the Free Southerners?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Yellow.

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

8. What kind of structure are the Chestnuts assigned to live in when they arrive at the refugee camp?
(a) An apartment.
(b) A houseboat.
(c) A tent.
(d) A dormitory.

9. Where is Joe from?
(a) Russia.
(b) The Bouazizi Union.
(c) The Free Southern States.
(d) Michigan.

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

11. When Sarat and Marcus swim across the water to the rebel camp, what do they find stored in crates?
(a) Millions of Northern dollars.
(b) Chemical weapons.
(c) Large guns.
(d) Land mines.

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

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

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

15. When Martina arrives at the refugee camp, she is told to claim a certain town as her hometown. What is the name of that town?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Hazel Green.
(d) New Anchorage.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does it cost for the Chestnuts to board the bus for the refugee camp?

2. What kind of clothes do the refugees wear to the service in the chapel?

3. After completing his role as a soldier, what was Albert Gaine's occupation?

4. What is the narrator dying from?

5. How does Sarat hide her presence from the Northern soldier when she goes out to see what is happening?

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