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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sarat do with her time while she is holed away in the shed?
(a) She cooks fresh produce.
(b) She writes her story in paper diaries.
(c) She makes weapons out of discarded farm implements.
(d) She listens to music.

2. Who is the President of the South?
(a) President Weiland.
(b) President Kershaw.
(c) President Templestowe.
(d) President Ki.

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

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

5. What does Benjamin get on his 18th birthday?
(a) A new car.
(b) A bottle of champagne.
(c) A letter from Sarat.
(d) A fishing pole.

6. Who is President of the South?
(a) President Weiland.
(b) President Kershaw.
(c) President Bragg.
(d) President Ki.

7. When Sarat returns to the Chestnut home, where does she choose to stay?
(a) In the old woodshed.
(b) In the luxurious guest room.
(c) In the greenhouse where okra grew.
(d) In the caretakers cottage.

8. Who does the last Salt Lake Boy, Trough, eventually become?
(a) The leader of people in the Purple region.
(b) The Southern leader of rebels who attacks Halfway Branch.
(c) The Northern prison guard named Bud Baker.
(d) The Northern doctor who does medical experiments at Camp Sunday.

9. What fake name does Sarat often give to acquaintances?
(a) Dana.
(b) Layla.
(c) Julia.
(d) Martina.

10. What does Benjamin do with Sarat's diaries?
(a) He publishes them.
(b) He burns them.
(c) He memorizes them.
(d) He sells them.

11. What does Sarat do to herself to remind her that she was still alive?
(a) Whispers her sister's name over and over.
(b) Pretends she is shooting her rifle at Blue targets.
(c) Digs her fingernails into her thighs, drawing blood.
(d) Looked in the mirror and whispers, "I am. I am."

12. Who is Adam Bragg, Jr.?
(a) Albert Gaines' brother.
(b) The want-to-be leader of the Free Southern States.
(c) The son of the leader of the United Rebels.
(d) A friend of Joseph Weiland, Jr.

13. How much time does Sarat spend as a detainee at the camp?
(a) 3 years.
(b) A decade.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 8 months.

14. What does Sarat give to Gaines?
(a) The knife he gave her.
(b) A kick in the shins.
(c) A metal star made by Adam Bragg, Sr.
(d) A warm bathrobe.

15. What does the Widow Bentley ask Karina to do?
(a) Bake them some special cookies.
(b) Make them new mourning dresses.
(c) Feed their cat.
(d) Keep their money near Simon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarat do when both she and Benjamin have gone into the river for the first time?

2. Where does Sarat bury Dana?

3. What does Karina tell Sarat she will do?

4. What does Karina tell Sarat is the real miracle of Simon?

5. Why does Attic, one of the Salt Lake Boys, say he is fighting for the South?

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