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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 food delicacy does Gaines give to Sarat on her first visit with him?
(a) Caviar and champagne.
(b) Chocolate and marshmallows.
(c) Eggs with bacon.
(d) Toast with real honey.

2. Where did the Chestnut family hide their valuables?
(a) In an old metal can tied to a string and floating in the river.
(b) Beneath the rotted out stump in their backyard.
(c) Under a loose floorboard of their house.
(d) In a drainpipe off the roof of their house.

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

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

5. What rebel group did Simon join?
(a) The Virginia Cavaliers.
(b) The Tennessee Volunteers.
(c) The Alabama Swordsmen.
(d) The South Carolina Warriors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What weather event happened two days before the massacre?

2. What happens that causes Martina to pack up her family and flee their home?

3. Where was Sarat's father born?

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

5. What is the narrator dying from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the narrator's vocation and how it affects his telling of the story.

2. What is wrong with the stars on the Southern flag?

3. How did Sarat's name come to be?

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

5. What do Sarat and Marcus discover on the riverbanks of the rebel camp, and how does it frighten them?

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

7. What is apricot gel?

8. How does Benjamin Chestnut, Sr., die?

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

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

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