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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's informant ask her to do?

2. What does Sarat do with her time while she is holed away in the shed?

3. What does Benjamin find in the storm shelter?

4. How much time does Sarat spend as a detainee at the camp?

5. How many men are involved in the beginning of the Yuffsy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Sarat ask Simon to forgive her?

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

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

6. When the Chestnut family goes to Market, what happens when Sarat tries to stab the Northern patrol soldier?

7. How does Dana die?

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

9. Explain the entertainment that goes on at the Citadel.

10. Why does Sarat not kill Albert Gaines?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Sarat's character and its evolution throughout the novel. In discussing her character, give three ways that she was kind and three ways that she was vengeful.

Essay Topic 3

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

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