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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. Why have the Chestnuts built the levee?

2. What position does Joseph Weiland, Jr. assume with a year of his father's death?

3. To what city do Dana and Sarat go for a little entertainment after Sarat performs her kill?

4. What did Joe do when he fought with Gaines in the previous war during the Russian expansion and the creation of the Bouazizi Empire?

5. What is the first line and the last line of Sarat's story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Joe's role in the apocalypse to come?

2. What is Sarat's reaction to the survival of her brother?

3. What is the great martyr's mural?

4. Explain why swimming is significant to both Sarat and to Benjamin.

5. Why does Benjamin climb on the roof of greenhouse before he breaks his arm?

6. Why was Benjamin happy about the storm named Scott that caused damage in his locale?

7. Who is the informant that Sarat meets at Prince Wendel's neutral ground cafe?

8. Explain the effect of Sarat's assassination of the General at Halfway Branch.

9. Explain the significance of the name that Sarat gives to her rifle.

10. Why does Trough want to go with Sarat in the medical transport to the North?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a chronological report of at least four ways that Sarat could be considered a victim of the war.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance and symbolism of the name Cherylene Cee and how it affects several generations of Chestnuts.

Essay Topic 3

What is the role of water in Sarat's lifetime? Give three examples of how water impacted her life.

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