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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sarat spare the lives of the Last Salt Lake Boy's children?
(a) Because they are twins.
(b) Because they have measles.
(c) Because they are infants.
(d) Because they have red hair.

2. What does Sarat's informant ask her to do?
(a) To hand over her extra supplies to him.
(b) To pay him $100 dollars.
(c) To lay low for a little while.
(d) To run away with him.

3. What does Sarat do when both she and Benjamin have gone into the river for the first time?
(a) Cries.
(b) Screams.
(c) Faints.
(d) Laughs.

4. After the massacre at Camp Patience, where do the Chestnuts live?
(a) In a hospital ward in Columbus, Ohio.
(b) In an abandoned office building near the Tennessee border.
(c) In a Charity House in Lincolnton, Georgia.
(d) In a tent in the northern part of South Carolina.

5. What item listed below is NOT included in the shipments that arrived at the Chestnut home?
(a) Snails and crickets.
(b) Anticonvulsants for Simon.
(c) Beef steaks.
(d) Russian caviar.

6. What are Dana's last words to Sarat?
(a) "Beautiful girl, I miss you already."
(b) "Fight hard for me."
(c) "I'll tell Mother hello for you."
(d) "Forgive them, Sarat."

7. 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 an accountant who could move money around.
(d) He was a buyer of illegal arms for the United States.

8. How tall is Sarat?
(a) Five-foot-ten.
(b) Five-foot-two.
(c) Seven-foot.
(d) Six-foot-five.

9. What does Benjamin do to earn money in New Anchorage?
(a) Works as a musician.
(b) Works as a dockhand.
(c) Works as a bartender.
(d) Works as a fisherman.

10. What is the name of the old museum with a rotunda where the Chestnut girls and Bragg go for entertainment?
(a) The Hide-away.
(b) The Retreat.
(c) The Blue Barn.
(d) The Citadel.

11. What is the name of the mean, thick-necked guard at the camp who is not afraid to let prisoners see his face?
(a) Chuck.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Bud.
(d) Stu.

12. What is the name of the painkillers that Sarat gives to Benjamin?
(a) Buzz Feeders.
(b) Bonesetters.
(c) Stab stingers.
(d) Agony killers.

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

14. What is the name of the camp to which Southern detainees are taken?
(a) Camp Hope.
(b) Sugarloaf.
(c) Tombstone.
(d) Seaside.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the interrogator at the camp tell Sarat turned her in?

2. Who does Sarat assassinate at Halfway Branch?

3. In addition to donations, how have the Chestnuts become wealthy?

4. What does Benjamin find in the storm shelter?

5. What does Sarat do to herself to remind her that she was still alive?

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