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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 smell does Sarat associate with her sister's death and the force-feeding at the detention camp?
(a) Mud.
(b) Blood.
(c) Jasmine.
(d) Rubbing alcohol.

2. What stands on the outskirts of Atlanta?
(a) Trenches dug to keep people out.
(b) Towering slum buildings.
(c) A six-lane asphalted highway.
(d) A ring of military tanks.

3. What does Karina tell Sarat is the real miracle of Simon?
(a) That he survived.
(b) That he could father a child.
(c) That he is healing.
(d) That he can carry on a conversation.

4. What are the numbers that are on the bottom of the letter from Sarat?
(a) A combination for a safe.
(b) A phone number.
(c) A code for a safe deposit box.
(d) Coordinates for a location.

5. What does Benjamin do to earn money in New Anchorage?
(a) Works as a musician.
(b) Works as a dockhand.
(c) Works as a bartender.
(d) Works as a fisherman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Benjamin get on his 18th birthday?

2. What item listed below is NOT included in the shipments that arrived at the Chestnut home?

3. What is the name of the camp to which Southern detainees are taken?

4. How many diaries does Sarat leave behind?

5. When Joe comes to visit Sarat in her new home after the massacre, what gift does he bring her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Sarat's reaction to the survival of her brother?

2. Why does Sarat ask Simon to forgive her?

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

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

5. Why does Trough want to go with Sarat in the medical transport to the North?

6. Why does Sarat not kill Albert Gaines?

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

8. What is Sugarloaf?

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

10. What is the great martyr's mural?

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