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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 Sarat do with her time while she is holed away in the shed?
(a) She makes weapons out of discarded farm implements.
(b) She cooks fresh produce.
(c) She writes her story in paper diaries.
(d) She listens to music.

2. What is the name of the old museum with a rotunda where the Chestnut girls and Bragg go for entertainment?
(a) The Retreat.
(b) The Hide-away.
(c) The Blue Barn.
(d) The Citadel.

3. Why does Attic, one of the Salt Lake Boys, say he is fighting for the South?
(a) Because he wants to be something.
(b) Because he is paid a mercenary salary.
(c) Because the North burns his home.
(d) Because he loves the South and its people.

4. What happens to Lake Sinclair?
(a) It is bombed by a flock of erratic Birds.
(b) It sinks into the ground after an earthquake.
(c) It catches fire.
(d) It is flooded by a storm.

5. What does Benjamin find in the storm shelter?
(a) Sarat's diaries.
(b) A Virgin of Guadalupe Statue.
(c) A treasure chest.
(d) Bags of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What smell does Sarat associate with her sister's death and the force-feeding at the detention camp?

2. What is the name of the mean, thick-necked guard at the camp who is not afraid to let prisoners see his face?

3. What fictional event does the diary of a former Southern recruiter use to convince volunteers of the wrongs of the North?

4. What does Benjamin do with Sarat's diaries?

5. Why does Sarat spare the lives of the Last Salt Lake Boy's children?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Benjamin ask Sarat about her own burial?

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

3. Why does Sarat not want the house to run on solar power?

4. What is Sugarloaf?

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

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

7. Who are the Salt Lake Boys?

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

9. Why does Sarat not kill Albert Gaines?

10. Discuss Sarat's reaction to finding out that Gaines had lots of other recruits.

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