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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. How long is Sarat imprisoned at Sugarloaf?

2. What happens to Lake Sinclair?

3. What is the name of the old museum with a rotunda where the Chestnut girls and Bragg go for entertainment?

4. What item listed below is NOT included in the shipments that arrived at the Chestnut home?

5. What does Sarat do to herself to remind her that she was still alive?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Sarat's reaction to finding out that Gaines had lots of other recruits.

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

3. What do people call Simon after the massacre?

4. Explain the identity of Bud Baker and his relationship to Sarat.

5. Who is the informant that Sarat meets at Prince Wendel's neutral ground cafe?

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

7. How does Dana die?

8. Who are the Salt Lake Boys?

9. Why does Sarat not kill Albert Gaines?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Who is Albert Gaines and what is his role in the radicalization of Sarat?

Essay Topic 3

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

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