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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 happens to Benjamin in the spring of '95?
(a) He gets polio.
(b) He learns to read.
(c) He buys his first gun.
(d) He breaks his arm.

2. Who does the interrogator at the camp tell Sarat turned her in?
(a) Bud Baker.
(b) Adam Bragg.
(c) Albert Gaines.
(d) Marcus Exum.

3. In addition to donations, how have the Chestnuts become wealthy?
(a) Karina acted like a bank as caretaker of people's money.
(b) No one knows; it is not explained.
(c) Joe provided them with large monthly salaries.
(d) Simon got millions in a disability claim.

4. What is the first line and the last line of Sarat's story?
(a) I was happy then.
(b) I wish we could go backward.
(c) It was the end of an era.
(d) The South will rise again.

5. After the massacre at Camp Patience, where do the Chestnuts live?
(a) In a Charity House in Lincolnton, Georgia.
(b) In a hospital ward in Columbus, Ohio.
(c) In an abandoned office building near the Tennessee border.
(d) In a tent in the northern part of South Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Marcus think that the North stationed him as a patrol agent in the South?

2. How tall is Sarat?

3. What is flying steak?

4. Why have the Chestnuts built the levee?

5. Who does Sarat almost kill with a butcher's knife at the Lincolnton market?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the effect of Sarat's assassination of the General at Halfway Branch.

2. What is the great martyr's mural?

3. Who is Karina Chowdury?

4. Explain the significance of the person sending out the invitation to the Reunification Day Ceremony.

5. Explain why swimming is significant to both Sarat and to Benjamin.

6. Why was Benjamin happy about the storm named Scott that caused damage in his locale?

7. How did the Chestnuts come to have such a fine estate?

8. Explain the identity of Bud Baker and his relationship to Sarat.

9. Explain the connection to Sarat of the woman who protected Sarat's diaries all those years.

10. When the Chestnut family goes to Market, what happens when Sarat tries to stab the Northern patrol soldier?

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