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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 weather event happened two days before the massacre?

2. What rebel group did Simon join?

3. What does Sarat do for Sabrina when she finds her beaten, raped, and left for dead in a tent?

4. What event caused the Northern soldiers to attack Camp Patience?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Explain why Martina wants Simon to join the Free Southerners and not the rebels.

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

7. What is the first food that Albert Gaines gives to Sarat and why is that significant?

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

9. Why does Sarat go into Emerald Creek?

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

Define the literary term epigraph. Explain why epigraphs are used and why El Akkad's choices of epigraphs are appropriate.

Essay Topic 2

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

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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