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

2. How does Martina react to Sarat earning $100 by going into Emerald Creek?
(a) She is proud and throws Sarat a party.
(b) She is mad and slaps Sarat.
(c) She is thrilled and takes the money from Sarat.
(d) She is frightened that Sarat will get sick.

3. What is the narrator dying from?
(a) Kidney Failure.
(b) Blood Poisoning.
(c) Heart Disease.
(d) Cancer.

4. What weather event happened two days before the massacre?
(a) A heavy rainstorm.
(b) A freak blizzard.
(c) A summer tornado.
(d) A violent sandstorm.

5. When the narrator talks about "Birds," to what is he referring?
(a) Northern Red Cross dirigibles.
(b) Remote-controlled weapons of war that flew overhead, spying on and killing the enemy.
(c) Large carrion raptors that came to the battlefields after a battle.
(d) Secret hand signals that indicated participation in the Southern resistance.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Marcus Exum doing when Martina meets him?

3. What happens that causes Martina to pack up her family and flee their home?

4. What does Sarat do to her hair after she goes into Emerald Creek?

5. What was it considered a crime to use?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Joe?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does shaving her head make Sarat feel?

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