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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 does Sarat do to herself to remind her that she was still alive?

2. What does Sarat ask Simon to do for her?

3. How has Sarat's physical appearance NOT changed when is released from prison and returns to the Chestnut home?

4. What smell does Sarat associate with her sister's death and the force-feeding at the detention camp?

5. Who does Sarat almost kill with a butcher's knife at the Lincolnton market?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Sarat ask Simon to forgive her?

5. Where does Sarat opt to live when she is released from Sugarloaf to go back home?

6. What is the great martyr's mural?

7. Who is Karina Chowdury?

8. Why does Sarat not want the house to run on solar power?

9. After the assassination, Joe meets Sarat in Lake Sinclair. Explain why he wants to meet her.

10. After Sarat talks to Joe the final time, what does she give to Marcus?

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

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

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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