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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 color is associated with the Free Southerners?

2. What is the name of the turtle that Sarat and Marcus kept as a pet?

3. The night before the massacre, Gaines shares a delicacy with Sarat. What is it?

4. How many people were estimated to be killed in the war?

5. How does Martina react to Sarat earning $100 by going into Emerald Creek?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the narrator's vocation and how it affects his telling of the story.

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

3. Discuss why Sarat's father is going to the government office.

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

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

6. Discuss Sarat and Dana's relationship and the similarities and differences between the two girls.

7. Explain why Sarat earns the nickname of Payday.

8. What do Sarat and Marcus discover on the riverbanks of the rebel camp, and how does it frighten them?

9. Explain what Martina does in the evenings for recreation.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss at least four significant changes in the America of 2075 as compared to the America of 2018.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Sarat and Dana.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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