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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 skill did Karina learn as a young girl?
(a) Nursing.
(b) Psychiatry.
(c) Typing.
(d) Swimming.

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

3. When Sarat returns to the Chestnut home, where does she choose to stay?
(a) In the caretakers cottage.
(b) In the old woodshed.
(c) In the greenhouse where okra grew.
(d) In the luxurious guest room.

4. How much time does Sarat spend as a detainee at the camp?
(a) A decade.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 6 weeks.

5. Why are the Salt Lake Boys indebted to Mr. Bragg, Senior?
(a) Because Bragg saved their lives and adopted them into his family.
(b) Because Bragg got them all the medical treatment they needed.
(c) Because Bragg took them to church and saved their souls.
(d) Because Bragg paid for them all to go to school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the person that causes the apocalypse?

2. What does Karina hope to find in the North?

3. What does Benjamin say is his sentence in life?

4. What does Karina tell Sarat she will do?

5. How long is Sarat imprisoned at Sugarloaf?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Sarat not kill Albert Gaines?

3. Explain the significance of the name that Sarat gives to her rifle.

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

5. What is the great martyr's mural?

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

7. Who is the informant that Sarat meets at Prince Wendel's neutral ground cafe?

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

9. What is Joe's role in the apocalypse to come?

10. Who are the Salt Lake Boys?

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