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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 item did Simon steal from an abandoned studio?

2. When Martina arrives at the refugee camp, she is told to claim a certain town as her hometown. What is the name of that town?

3. When the narrator talks about "Birds," to what is he referring?

4. After completing his role as a soldier, what was Albert Gaine's occupation?

5. What state had refugees who wanted to live permanently at the camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Benjamin Chestnut, Sr., die?

2. What is apricot gel?

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

4. What is the significance of the weapon that Albert Gaines gives to Sarat?

5. What is the significance of the pet turtle, Cherylene Cee?

6. On the way to the refugee camp, why does a woman confront Martina and consequently get kicked off the bus?

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

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

9. Why do the Chestnuts want to go North?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Sarat's character and its evolution throughout the novel. In discussing her character, give three ways that she was kind and three ways that she was vengeful.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the one act that caused people to say Sarat singlehandedly changed the course of the war.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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