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

2. What was wrong with the Southern flag?
(a) The stripes were crooked.
(b) The stars were asymmetrical.
(c) The background obscured the pattern.
(d) The snake faced the wrong direction.

3. Who escaped from the camp right before the massacre occurred?
(a) Dana Chestnut and Simon.
(b) Albert Gaines and his daughter.
(c) Martina Chestnut and her friend.
(d) Marcus Exum and his father.

4. What aspect of the landscape does the eyewitness from the Kilgore, Texas regiment comment on?
(a) Sharp, brown grass.
(b) Lush, green jungles.
(c) Muddy river banks.
(d) Shifting desert sands.

5. How does Albert Gaines react when Sarat says she wants to kill the people who perpetrated the massacre?
(a) He is angry at her.
(b) He makes fun of her.
(c) He questions her.
(d) He smiles at her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the turtle that Sarat and Marcus kept as a pet?

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

3. What activity does Sarat do throughout the day?

4. What food do the Virginia Cavaliers share with the camp?

5. What is the narrator dying from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do the Chestnuts want to go North?

3. Why is the Virginia Cavalier's killing of the colonel and theft of Northern supplies important?

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

5. Discuss why Sarat's father is going to the government office.

6. Explain why Sarat earns the nickname of Payday.

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

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

9. What is apricot gel?

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

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