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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. Who does Sarat think of when she needs calming and reassurance?

2. Who does Joe work for?

3. Who does the last Salt Lake Boy, Trough, eventually become?

4. How long is Sarat imprisoned at Sugarloaf?

5. What does Karina hope to find in the North?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sarat not kill Albert Gaines?

2. What does Benjamin ask Sarat about her own burial?

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

4. Who is Karina Chowdury?

5. How did the Chestnuts come to have such a fine estate?

6. Discuss Sarat's reaction to finding out that Gaines had lots of other recruits.

7. What do people call Simon after the massacre?

8. Explain the connection to Sarat of the woman who protected Sarat's diaries all those years.

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

10. Why does Sarat ask Simon to forgive her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Marcus Exum and his relationship to Sarat. Give at least four examples of how these two characters' lives are intertwined throughout the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Define the literary term "motif" and discuss how the motif of smell is used in at least four examples in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationship between Sarat and Benjamin. Be sure to chronicle Benjamin's feelings from the beginning of the story through the end of the story.

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