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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sarat was comforted by Marcus, in part, because of which of his physical characteristics?
(a) His pox-marked face.
(b) His large hands.
(c) His smallness.
(d) His green eyes.

2. What event caused the Northern soldiers to attack Camp Patience?
(a) The loss of electricity to the North because the refugees cut the power lines.
(b) The killing of their general by underground mines placed by the Virginia Cavaliers.
(c) The destruction of the Northern army's railroad lines by Sarat's girls.
(d) The theft of the Northern army's main food source by rebel forces.

3. What is the narrator's lifelong career?
(a) Maker of Reproduction 2nd Civil War weapons.
(b) Doctor for elderly Civil War victims.
(c) Historian of America's Second Civil War.
(d) Bounty-hunter for war criminals.

4. Which of the following items was NOT included in the care package that Simon left for his family?
(a) Apricot gel.
(b) Painkillers.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Cashews.

5. What was one of the main causes for the start of the Second Civil War?
(a) The border states created their own currency.
(b) The Federal government shot 59 Southern protestors.
(c) The South enraged the North by continuing to use slaves.
(d) The Blue Badges arrested 600 southerners.

6. What does Sarat do when Leonard's son pushes her?
(a) She kicks him in the groin.
(b) She punches him in the nose.
(c) She laughs in his face.
(d) She runs back to Emerald Creek.

7. How do Gaines and Joe know each other?
(a) They went to medical school together.
(b) They were soldiers together when they were young.
(c) They were both union leaders.
(d) They both served on the Board of Education.

8. How old does a child have to be for the vaccine against paralysis to work?
(a) Between 8 and 14 years of age.
(b) Between 15 and 21 years of age.
(c) Under the age of five.
(d) Over the age of five.

9. What does Dana call Sarat before Dana gets on the bus that takes the survivors away from the camp?
(a) Beautiful girl.
(b) Strong sister.
(c) Champion of the South.
(d) Awesome warrior.

10. What kind of pet do Sarat and Marcus keep in an abandoned tent?
(a) A dog.
(b) A snake.
(c) A turtle.
(d) A cat.

11. What state had refugees who wanted to live permanently at the camp?
(a) Mississippi
(b) Alabama.
(c) Georgia.
(d) South Carolina.

12. What rebel group did Simon join?
(a) The South Carolina Warriors.
(b) The Tennessee Volunteers.
(c) The Alabama Swordsmen.
(d) The Virginia Cavaliers.

13. What was it considered a crime to use?
(a) Water.
(b) Fossil fuels.
(c) Electricity.
(d) Matches.

14. How many passengers were allowed to board the bus when it stopped after picking up the Chestnuts?
(a) 85.
(b) 56.
(c) 72.
(d) 40.

15. What weather event happened two days before the massacre?
(a) A freak blizzard.
(b) A summer tornado.
(c) A violent sandstorm.
(d) A heavy rainstorm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Sarat's father born?

2. What was the name of the rebel South's first martyr?

3. What is the name of the turtle that Sarat and Marcus kept as a pet?

4. Where does the South get its food, clothing, and necessities?

5. How old was the narrator when he arrived in neutral territory?

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