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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 does Martina do at the camp to earn money?

2. What is the color associated with the border states that are often sympathetic to the south?

3. Where did the name Sarat come from?

4. What happens that causes Martina to pack up her family and flee their home?

5. What kind of clothes do the refugees wear to the service in the chapel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Sarat go into Emerald Creek?

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

4. What is apricot gel?

5. Who was Gerry Tusk and how does he relate to the story?

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

7. Why is the Virginia Cavalier's killing of the colonel and theft of Northern supplies important?

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

9. What is the reaction Gaines has after he catches up with Sarat after the massacre at Camp Patience?

10. Discuss why the narrator of the book has chosen this time to tell his story.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the role of Joseph Weiland, Jr. in the novel. In your description, include three ways that his involvement in the story affected the South and the anticipated Reunification of America.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance and symbolism of the name Cherylene Cee and how it affects several generations of Chestnuts.

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