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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 supply is in over-abundance at the refugee camp?
(a) Soap.
(b) Blankets.
(c) Pillows.
(d) Coffee.

3. What was the primary event that started America's Second Civil War?
(a) The South's resistance to the Sustainable Future Act.
(b) The issue of slavery.
(c) The issue of taxation.
(d) The North sending soldiers to take Southern land.

4. What color is associated with the Free Southerners?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

5. What weather event happened two days before the massacre?
(a) A freak blizzard.
(b) A violent sandstorm.
(c) A heavy rainstorm.
(d) A summer tornado.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who escaped from the camp right before the massacre occurred?

2. What is the narrator dying from?

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

4. What activity does Sarat do throughout the day?

5. On what date did the Free Southern States declare their independence?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does shaving her head make Sarat feel?

3. What did Albert Gaines' father mean when he told his son to go into "blood work"?

4. Why does Sarat go into Emerald Creek?

5. On the way to the refugee camp, why does a woman confront Martina and consequently get kicked off the bus?

6. Discuss Sarat and Dana's relationship and the similarities and differences between the two girls.

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

8. Why do the Chestnuts want to go North?

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

10. What is the significance of the weapon that Albert Gaines gives to Sarat?

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