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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 Marcus Exum doing when Martina meets him?

2. Sarat was comforted by Marcus, in part, because of which of his physical characteristics?

3. What happened after the war that caused ten times more people to die?

4. What was the symbol of the group Simon joined?

5. What state does the narrator live in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Martina do to earn money at the refugee camp?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Albert Gaines and what is his role in the radicalization of Sarat?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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