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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 does Sarat do for Sabrina when she finds her beaten, raped, and left for dead in a tent?
(a) Sarat holds her hand until she dies.
(b) Sarat covers her with a white sheet and weeps.
(c) Sarat screams and runs after the soldier who killed Sabrina.
(d) Sarat faints.

2. What document is Sarat's father hoping to obtain?
(a) A boat pilot's license.
(b) A Northern work permit.
(c) A certificate of service.
(d) A Southern ration book.

3. What state does Sarat live in at the beginning of the book?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Texas.
(d) Georgia.

4. What does Sarat do when Leonard's son pushes her?
(a) She punches him in the nose.
(b) She laughs in his face.
(c) She kicks him in the groin.
(d) She runs back to Emerald Creek.

5. Where was Sarat's father born?
(a) Canada.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. The night before the massacre, Gaines shares a delicacy with Sarat. What is it?

2. What nickname do the South Carolinians give to Sarat?

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

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

5. What is the narrator dying from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the reaction Gaines has after he catches up with Sarat after the massacre at Camp Patience?

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

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

4. Describe Emerald Creek and what function it served at Camp Patience.

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

6. Who was Gerry Tusk and how does he relate to the story?

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

8. Why do the Chestnuts want to go North?

9. What is the first food that Albert Gaines gives to Sarat and why is that significant?

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

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