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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 the name of the humanitarian organization that runs the refugee camp?

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

3. What was the primary event that started America's Second Civil War?

4. What food delicacy does Gaines give to Sarat on her first visit with him?

5. Who were the Blue Badges?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why do the Chestnuts want to go North?

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

6. How does Sarat feel about Marcus and his father escaping to the North?

7. Why does Sarat go into Emerald Creek?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the four main causes of America's Second Civil War.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the literary device of foreshadowing and give at least three instances of it in the novel. Be sure to include how foreshadowing affects your understanding of the book.

Essay Topic 3

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

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