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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Trough and Bragg intend to sneak Sarat into the North?
(a) Putting her on a medical shuttle.
(b) Disguising her as a Northern soldier.
(c) Sneaking into her the cargo hold of a ship.
(d) Digging a tunnel for her to get to the North.

2. What happens to Benjamin in the spring of '95?
(a) He learns to read.
(b) He gets polio.
(c) He breaks his arm.
(d) He buys his first gun.

3. What is Sarat's emotional response to Simon's survival?
(a) She is joyful at the impact his daily life has on her.
(b) She is angry that he survived as just a shell of his former self.
(c) She is thrilled that he is alive at all.
(d) She is devastated and goes into a depression.

4. What does Sarat do to the Last Salt Lake Boy?
(a) She releases him to the North.
(b) She kills him.
(c) She holds him hostage for ransom.
(d) She forgives him.

5. What smell does Sarat associate with her sister's death and the force-feeding at the detention camp?
(a) Jasmine.
(b) Blood.
(c) Rubbing alcohol.
(d) Mud.

6. What is flying steak?
(a) Pigeon.
(b) Hawk.
(c) Seagull.
(d) Chicken.

7. Who is the informant that Sarat meets at Prince Wendell's coffee shop?
(a) Joe.
(b) Joseph Weiland, Jr.
(c) Marcus Exum.
(d) Albert Gaines.

8. How has Sarat's physical appearance NOT changed when is released from prison and returns to the Chestnut home?
(a) Her nose has been flattened.
(b) She looks older.
(c) She has gotten fat.
(d) She is tall.

9. Who does Sarat think of when she needs calming and reassurance?
(a) Dana.
(b) Albert Gaines.
(c) Her father.
(d) Simon.

10. Why have the Chestnuts built the levee?
(a) Because they were afraid that Benjamin would escape.
(b) Because they did not like the sight of the river.
(c) Because the river would flood the greenhouses.
(d) Because the Northern guard tower could see them if the levee didn't exist.

11. What did Joe do when he fought with Gaines in the previous war during the Russian expansion and the creation of the Bouazizi Empire?
(a) He was the Head of Special Forces for Russia.
(b) He was a fixer who could speak both English and Arabic.
(c) He was a buyer of illegal arms for the United States.
(d) He was an accountant who could move money around.

12. Where does Sarat bury Dana?
(a) In the river.
(b) In the cemetery.
(c) Under the tree.
(d) In the fireplace.

13. What does Albert Gaines say to Sarat?
(a) Please kill me.
(b) They said they would hurt my daughter.
(c) Go away.
(d) I'm sorry I betrayed you.

14. What stands on the outskirts of Atlanta?
(a) A ring of military tanks.
(b) A six-lane asphalted highway.
(c) Trenches dug to keep people out.
(d) Towering slum buildings.

15. What is the only thing that Simon ever put his foot down about?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Naming their child Benjamin.
(c) Keeping Dana from roaming the streets.
(d) Allowing Sarat to come live with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe offer to give to Sarat?

2. What is Joe's real name?

3. What does Karina hope to find in the North?

4. What position does Joseph Weiland, Jr. assume with a year of his father's death?

5. What fake name does Sarat often give to acquaintances?

(see the answer keys)

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