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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Albert Gaines say to Sarat?
(a) Please kill me.
(b) Go away.
(c) They said they would hurt my daughter.
(d) I'm sorry I betrayed you.

2. What kind of college degree does Benjamin earn?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Music.
(c) History.
(d) Mathematics.

3. Who is Adam Bragg, Jr.?
(a) The son of the leader of the United Rebels.
(b) A friend of Joseph Weiland, Jr.
(c) Albert Gaines' brother.
(d) The want-to-be leader of the Free Southern States.

4. What does Benjamin say is his sentence in life?
(a) To eat, drink, and be merry.
(b) To know and understand.
(c) To hear music and not be able to play.
(d) To be sick and ill.

5. How has Sarat's physical appearance NOT changed when is released from prison and returns to the Chestnut home?
(a) She is tall.
(b) She has gotten fat.
(c) She looks older.
(d) Her nose has been flattened.

6. What does Sarat ask Simon to do for her?
(a) Forgive her.
(b) Go with her.
(c) Slap her.
(d) Forget her.

7. What is the first line and the last line of Sarat's story?
(a) I wish we could go backward.
(b) It was the end of an era.
(c) I was happy then.
(d) The South will rise again.

8. What is the name of Sarat's lover?
(a) Avery.
(b) Belle.
(c) Tiny Too.
(d) Layla, Jr.

9. Who does Sarat think of when she needs calming and reassurance?
(a) Dana.
(b) Albert Gaines.
(c) Simon.
(d) Her father.

10. Who does the last Salt Lake Boy, Trough, eventually become?
(a) The leader of people in the Purple region.
(b) The Northern prison guard named Bud Baker.
(c) The Southern leader of rebels who attacks Halfway Branch.
(d) The Northern doctor who does medical experiments at Camp Sunday.

11. What does Benjamin get on his 18th birthday?
(a) A new car.
(b) A fishing pole.
(c) A bottle of champagne.
(d) A letter from Sarat.

12. When Joe comes to visit Sarat in her new home after the massacre, what gift does he bring her?
(a) A fossil-fueled car.
(b) A real leather vest.
(c) A new rifle.
(d) A old wristwatch.

13. What is the only decoration allowed in the Chestnut home?
(a) A huge Free Southern States flag.
(b) A fashion poster in Dana's room.
(c) A mural of Southern survivors painted on the garden wall.
(d) The Statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

14. Who does Sarat almost kill with a butcher's knife at the Lincolnton market?
(a) Simon Chestnut.
(b) Adam Bragg.
(c) Marcus Exum.
(d) Albert Gaines.

15. Why does Marcus think that the North stationed him as a patrol agent in the South?
(a) Because he is small and non-intimidating.
(b) Because he is willing to do dangerous duty.
(c) Because he can speak with a Southern drawl.
(d) Because he looks like most Reds.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is President of the South?

4. Why does Attic, one of the Salt Lake Boys, say he is fighting for the South?

5. Why does Sarat spare the lives of the Last Salt Lake Boy's children?

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