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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the fire that burns down the asylum begin?
(a) The lavatory
(b) The Thug's ward
(c) The courtyard
(d) The first ward

2. What information - beside the fact that she can see - does the Doctor's Wife not volunteer to the man she talks to on the street?
(a) That she is not from the area
(b) That she was in quarantine
(c) That she has traveling companions
(d) That she is heading to her house

3. One of the Thugs is blind from birth - not from the epidemic. What is he called by his cohorts?
(a) The Chronicler
(b) The Boy Genius
(c) The Accountant
(d) The Eyes

4. With whom does the Girl with Dark Glasses regularly have sex?
(a) The First Man
(b) The Leader of the Thugs
(c) The Doctor
(d) The Man with the Eye Patch

5. On second glance, what does the Doctor's Wife notice the filthy blind lovers in the hall are doing?
(a) Holding hands
(b) Grappling for food
(c) Whispering to each other
(d) Crying

Short Answer Questions

1. What vegetable does the Gaunt Old Woman eat along with her raw rabbit?

2. Which two characters are given sneakers rather than boots by the Doctor's Wife?

3. What important item did the Doctor's Wife bring from the asylum?

4. Who gives the Squinting Boy half his/her portion of food?

5. What do the Thugs demand in Chapter 9 in exchange for food?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't the Doctor's Wife tell the other inmates that she can see?

2. Describe the old woman with insomnia in Chapter 9.

3. What idea does the Doctor's Wife have when it starts raining?

4. What does the Doctor's Wife do when she sees her husband in bed with the Girl with Dark Glasses?

5. Why would the Doctor's Wife's mentioning to the stranger she meets that she is going home reveal that she can see?

6. What arrangement do the Thugs make for payment?

7. Describe the scene in the Thug's Ward immediately after the Doctor's Wife kills their leader.

8. In what state do the Doctor and his Wife find the Gaunt Old Woman when they approach her building?

9. What happens to the Old Woman with insomnia in Chapter 11?

10. What is the general attitude in the other wards when food stops arriving at the main entrance?

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