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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the refugee camp where the Chestnuts are sent?

2. How do Gaines and Joe know each other?

3. Where is the capital of the Federal government?

4. Where state was Albert Gaines born in?

5. What is the narrator's lifelong career?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sarat's name come to be?

2. What does Marcus Exum's dad say about the refugee camp?

3. Who is Joe?

4. What did Albert Gaines' father mean when he told his son to go into "blood work"?

5. Why do the Chestnuts want to go North?

6. Describe Emerald Creek and what function it served at Camp Patience.

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

8. What is the significance of the Statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe?

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

10. What is apricot gel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship between Sarat and Benjamin. Be sure to chronicle Benjamin's feelings from the beginning of the story through the end of the story.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss at least four ways that the Chestnut family gained wealth and status.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character of Marcus Exum and his relationship to Sarat. Give at least four examples of how these two characters' lives are intertwined throughout the novel.

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