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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 is the color associated with the border states that are often sympathetic to the south?
(a) Orange.
(b) Red.
(c) Purple.
(d) Blue.

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

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

4. How do the Chestnuts get across the river when they leave their home?
(a) They float across on Simon's raft.
(b) They call for a water taxi.
(c) They hike to the bridge five miles away.
(d) They swim across, carrying their belongings in waterproof sacks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's lifelong career?

2. How does Albert Gaines react when Sarat says she wants to kill the people who perpetrated the massacre?

3. What state does Sarat live in at the beginning of the book?

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

5. Where is the capital of the Federal government?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Explain why Sarat earns the nickname of Payday.

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

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

8. Explain what Martina does in the evenings for recreation.

9. Why does Sarat go into Emerald Creek?

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

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