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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the rebel South's first martyr?
(a) Andrew Polinsky.
(b) Anita Redman.
(c) Julia Templestowe.
(d) Jack Stonewall.

2. What year was the war settled?
(a) 2078.
(b) 2095.
(c) 2100.
(d) 2065.

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

4. The night before the massacre, Gaines shares a delicacy with Sarat. What is it?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Champagne.
(c) Lobster.
(d) Caviar.

5. What aspect of the landscape does the eyewitness from the Kilgore, Texas regiment comment on?
(a) Shifting desert sands.
(b) Muddy river banks.
(c) Lush, green jungles.
(d) Sharp, brown grass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator collect when he was young?

2. How much money does the Chestnut family receive from the War Office for Martina's death?

3. Which of the following items was NOT included in the care package that Simon left for his family?

4. What did Joe do for Gaines that Gaines considered a gift?

5. What does Sarat do for Sabrina when she finds her beaten, raped, and left for dead in a tent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the Chestnuts want to go North?

2. Discuss why the narrator of the book has chosen this time to tell his story.

3. What does Marcus Exum's dad say about the refugee camp?

4. Explain where the South gets most of its provisions.

5. What story about her life does Martina tell one of the women at the camp when she is drunk?

6. What is apricot gel?

7. What is the significance of the Statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe?

8. How does Sarat feel about Marcus and his father escaping to the North?

9. What is the significance of the pet turtle, Cherylene Cee?

10. What does Martina do to earn money at the refugee camp?

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