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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 Dana call Sarat before Dana gets on the bus that takes the survivors away from the camp?
(a) Awesome warrior.
(b) Champion of the South.
(c) Beautiful girl.
(d) Strong sister.

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

3. Who were the Blue Badges?
(a) Northern men who acted as a police force.
(b) Northern women who went on forages to Alaska.
(c) Southern men who started working for the North.
(d) Southern women workers who had blue eyes.

4. What is the name of the humanitarian organization that runs the refugee camp?
(a) The Green Guardians.
(b) The Red Crescent.
(c) The Blue Bells.
(d) The Orange Army.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say the story is about?

3. Where was Sarat's father born?

4. Who is the author of the novel American War?

5. What kind of home does Sarat live in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does shaving her head make Sarat feel?

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

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

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

7. Explain why Martina wants Simon to join the Free Southerners and not the rebels.

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

9. Why do the Chestnuts want to go North?

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

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