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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Chestnut family hide their valuables?
(a) In an old metal can tied to a string and floating in the river.
(b) Beneath the rotted out stump in their backyard.
(c) Under a loose floorboard of their house.
(d) In a drainpipe off the roof of their house.

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

3. 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) A tent.
(d) An apartment.

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

5. What state had refugees who wanted to live permanently at the camp?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Mississippi
(d) Alabama.

6. When the story opens, what is Sarat doing?
(a) Taking a mud-bath in the river.
(b) Pouring honey into the knotholes in the floor of their house.
(c) Setting fire to the brush pile in the backyard.
(d) Cooking bacon and eggs for breakfast.

7. What color was Dana's hair?
(a) Brown.
(b) Red.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Black.

8. What does the narrator say the story is about?
(a) Loss.
(b) Ruin.
(c) Love.
(d) War.

9. What kind of home does Sarat live in?
(a) Sarat lives in a dilapidated, two-story wooden farmhouse.
(b) Sarat lives in a corrugated steel container salvaged from the shipyard.
(c) Sarat lives on a rusty old houseboat.
(d) Sarat lives in a cave along the riverbank.

10. How much does it cost for the Chestnuts to board the bus for the refugee camp?
(a) $2000 per family.
(b) $500 per family.
(c) $1000 per person.
(d) $100 per person.

11. How do the Chestnuts get across the river when they leave their home?
(a) They float across on Simon's raft.
(b) They hike to the bridge five miles away.
(c) They call for a water taxi.
(d) They swim across, carrying their belongings in waterproof sacks.

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

13. What is the name of the humanitarian organization that runs the refugee camp?
(a) The Red Crescent.
(b) The Blue Bells.
(c) The Green Guardians.
(d) The Orange Army.

14. 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) Large guns.
(c) Chemical weapons.
(d) Land mines.

15. How does the narrator feel about "her"?
(a) He hates her.
(b) He thinks she's ridiculous.
(c) He feels sorry for her.
(d) He still loves her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of the landscape does the eyewitness from the Kilgore, Texas regiment comment on?

2. What supply is in over-abundance at the refugee camp?

3. What is the narrator's lifelong career?

4. What state does the narrator live in?

5. What is an UOD?

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