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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the refugee camp where the Chestnuts are sent?
(a) Camp Patience.
(b) Camp Boat Builders.
(c) Camp Honor.
(d) Camp Fuel Fighters.

2. How is the refugee camp laid out?
(a) In the shape of a circle with quarter slices.
(b) In the shape of a square with four squares inside.
(c) In the shape of a pentagon with each of five states occupying a border.
(d) In the shape of a triangle with three distinct regions.

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

4. What document is Sarat's father hoping to obtain?
(a) A certificate of service.
(b) A Southern ration book.
(c) A Northern work permit.
(d) A boat pilot's license.

5. What was one of the main causes for the start of the Second Civil War?
(a) The South enraged the North by continuing to use slaves.
(b) The Blue Badges arrested 600 southerners.
(c) The border states created their own currency.
(d) The Federal government shot 59 Southern protestors.

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

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

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

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

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

11. Which of the following items is NOT a gift that Gaines gave to Sarat?
(a) A book.
(b) A gun.
(c) A knife.
(d) A necklace.

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

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

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

15. What was wrong with the Southern flag?
(a) The background obscured the pattern.
(b) The stripes were crooked.
(c) The stars were asymmetrical.
(d) The snake faced the wrong direction.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Gaines and Joe know each other?

2. When Sarat and Marcus swim across the water to the rebel camp, what do they find stored in crates?

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

4. What is the name of the humanitarian organization that runs the refugee camp?

5. What happened to Eliza Polk's family?

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