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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. Who does Joe work for?

2. What does Joe offer to give to Sarat?

3. Where does Sarat bury Dana?

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

5. Who is Adam Bragg, Jr.?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the Salt Lake Boys?

2. Why does Benjamin climb on the roof of greenhouse before he breaks his arm?

3. Explain why swimming is significant to both Sarat and to Benjamin.

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

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

6. What is the great martyr's mural?

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

8. Explain the effect of Sarat's assassination of the General at Halfway Branch.

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

10. Why does Trough want to go with Sarat in the medical transport to the North?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is the narrator of American War? Discuss our knowledge of him in the Prologue as compared to what we know about him at the conclusion of the story. Include in your answer why you think the author decided to use a narrator to tell the story.

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

What is the role of water in Sarat's lifetime? Give three examples of how water impacted her life.

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