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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 kind of structure are the Chestnuts assigned to live in when they arrive at the refugee camp?
(a) A dormitory.
(b) A houseboat.
(c) A tent.
(d) An apartment.

2. How much money does the Chestnut family receive from the War Office for Martina's death?
(a) $800.
(b) $10.
(c) $3200.
(d) $5,000.

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

4. Why is Sarat hesitant to move to Atlanta with Dana?
(a) Because Sarat is afraid of big cities.
(b) Because Sarat knows that they do not have money for transportation.
(c) Because Sarat believes they need to stay and help their people.
(d) Because Sarat does not really like living with her sister.

5. How does Sarat hide her presence from the Northern soldier when she goes out to see what is happening?
(a) Sarat hides by disguising herself as a Northern soldier wearing black.
(b) Sarat hides by burrowing underneath the dead bodies of the Virginia Cavaliers.
(c) Sarat hides by jumping into Emerald Creek.
(d) Sarat hides by running to the water and going under.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the South get its food, clothing, and necessities?

2. What year was the war settled?

3. What was wrong with the Southern flag?

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

5. How is the refugee camp laid out?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Sarat go into Emerald Creek?

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

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

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

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