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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does the narrator say the story is about?
(a) War.
(b) Love.
(c) Loss.
(d) Ruin.
2. What food delicacy does Gaines give to Sarat on her first visit with him?
(a) Caviar and champagne.
(b) Eggs with bacon.
(c) Toast with real honey.
(d) Chocolate and marshmallows.
3. What is the name of the turtle that Sarat and Marcus kept as a pet?
(a) Cherylene Cee.
(b) Tootsie Tortoise.
(c) Ambling Annie.
(d) Maisie Dobbs.
4. What activity does Sarat do throughout the day?
(a) She is a volunteer at the infirmary.
(b) She swims in the Emerald Creek.
(c) She watches the men de-mining the Northern end of camp.
(d) She works in the Alabama camp cafe.
5. What piece of equipment had Simon sawed in half?
(a) A ladder.
(b) A workbench.
(c) A shovel handle.
(d) A wheelbarrow.
6. When the narrator talks about "Birds," to what is he referring?
(a) Remote-controlled weapons of war that flew overhead, spying on and killing the enemy.
(b) Northern Red Cross dirigibles.
(c) Large carrion raptors that came to the battlefields after a battle.
(d) Secret hand signals that indicated participation in the Southern resistance.
7. 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) Savannah.
(b) Hazel Green.
(c) New Anchorage.
(d) St. Louis.
8. What kind of structure are the Chestnuts assigned to live in when they arrive at the refugee camp?
(a) A houseboat.
(b) A dormitory.
(c) An apartment.
(d) A tent.
9. What do the women in the refugee camp call their homemade liquor?
(a) Killer.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Joyful.
(d) Tear-jerker.
10. What is an UOD?
(a) An Unintentional Oil Drop.
(b) An Un-Oriented Drone.
(c) An Uninvited Obscene Dancer.
(d) An Unidentified Obscure Danger.
11. What color was Dana's hair?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Brown.
12. Why is Sarat hesitant to move to Atlanta with Dana?
(a) Because Sarat is afraid of big cities.
(b) Because Sarat believes they need to stay and help their people.
(c) Because Sarat does not really like living with her sister.
(d) Because Sarat knows that they do not have money for transportation.
13. Where does the South get its food, clothing, and necessities?
(a) From the ships coming in from foreign countries.
(b) From the suppliers on the internet.
(c) From the Black Market.
(d) From the raids on the border states.
14. What was one of the main causes for the start of the Second Civil War?
(a) The border states created their own currency.
(b) The Federal government shot 59 Southern protestors.
(c) The Blue Badges arrested 600 southerners.
(d) The South enraged the North by continuing to use slaves.
15. What was it considered a crime to use?
(a) Matches.
(b) Water.
(c) Electricity.
(d) Fossil fuels.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was wrong with the Southern flag?
2. When the story opens, what is Sarat doing?
3. Where did the name Sarat come from?
4. What supply is in over-abundance at the refugee camp?
5. How does Sarat hide her presence from the Northern soldier when she goes out to see what is happening?
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