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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With the alleged barbarian uprising, the magistrate is unable to remain _______________ in the issues which take place.
(a) Useful.
(b) Uncaring.
(c) Active.
(d) Uninvolved.

2. ______________wants to distance himself from all of the killing before his retirement begins to be a reality.
(a) The magistrate.
(b) The admiral.
(c) The President.
(d) The Colonel.

3. What does the Colonel want to obtain from the prisoners when he seeks to interrogate them in a cruel way?
(a) Death.
(b) Devastation.
(c) Humiliation.
(d) Truth.

4. The Colonel uses the _____________ to organize a raid on the barbarians and to begin fighting back in the uprising.
(a) Food.
(b) Money.
(c) Boy.
(d) Map.

5. The Colonel brings back a large group of prisoners who turn out to be a group of _______________.
(a) Fishermen.
(b) Women.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Barbarians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is imprisoned on the way into town, though this prisoner(s) does not seem like a likely candidate for a spy?

2. What is the magistrate reaching, which makes the reader think that he might be older than others in the book?

3. The magistrate shows the _______________ to the Colonel when the Colonel is in the town for a visit.

4. The boy admits to theft of __________ and arming by his clan during the torture by the Colonel.

5. The magistrate is upset about incidents between the soldiers and the prisoners especially when _________________.

(see the answer key)

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