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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. When the story opens, what is Sarat doing?

2. What is the name of the refugee camp where the Chestnuts are sent?

3. What color is associated with the Free Southerners?

4. On what date did the Free Southern States declare their independence?

5. Who were the Blue Badges?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sarat feel about Marcus and his father escaping to the North?

2. What do Sarat and Marcus discover on the riverbanks of the rebel camp, and how does it frighten them?

3. Describe Emerald Creek and what function it served at Camp Patience.

4. Discuss Sarat and Dana's relationship and the similarities and differences between the two girls.

5. Discuss why the narrator of the book has chosen this time to tell his story.

6. How does Benjamin Chestnut, Sr., die?

7. On the way to the refugee camp, why does a woman confront Martina and consequently get kicked off the bus?

8. Why do the Chestnuts want to go North?

9. What did Albert Gaines' father mean when he told his son to go into "blood work"?

10. What is wrong with the stars on the Southern flag?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Sarat and Dana.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the one act that caused people to say Sarat singlehandedly changed the course of the war.

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