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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The magistrate lives from ___________________, getting supplies from friends and from women he used to know well.
(a) The trash.
(b) The church.
(c) Meal to meal.
(d) City to city.

2. The barbarians like to hide in the _________________ and wait for the soldiers to go away.
(a) Huts.
(b) Water.
(c) Mountains.
(d) Forest.

3. ______________ who pass by every now and then move them as if the soldiers move the items as though the soldiers moved.
(a) Children.
(b) Women.
(c) Men.
(d) Priests.

4. The girl expresses concern about living in ___________________ for her and for her child's life.
(a) Happiness.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Joy.
(d) Fear.

5. The magistrate has misgivings about the native girl regretting his failure to _______________.
(a) Keep her in his home.
(b) Marry her.
(c) Be with her.
(d) Understand her.

6. The magistrate meets with a ____________ from the Third Bureau who decides to accuse him of siding with the enemy.
(a) Warrant officer.
(b) General.
(c) President.
(d) Colonel.

7. The soldiers were left by the barbarians to freeze in the _____________ and to starve in the desert.
(a) Lake.
(b) Forest.
(c) Inlet.
(d) Mountains.

8. The magistrate recovers, finding himself interested in ___________ again during the new period of time in the settlement.
(a) The Colonel.
(b) Sex.
(c) The law.
(d) Children.

9. The magistrate tries to explain that the people who live in the huts hide from the barbarians in the ______________.
(a) Reed.
(b) Woods.
(c) Mountains.
(d) Shelters.

10. The magistrate thinks the ___________ creates opportunities for both justice and injustice.
(a) Colonel.
(b) Soldier's code.
(c) Barbaric conflict.
(d) Law.

11. The barbarians inspire fear which then turns into _____________ when they come at night and steal things they need.
(a) Insomnia.
(b) Peace.
(c) Paranoia.
(d) War.

12. The girl tells the magistrate that the native girl never knew what he _____________ of her and was never able to understand him.
(a) Wanted.
(b) Desired.
(c) Expected.
(d) Thought.

13. The magistrate finds out that one of the charges against him involves __________ irregularities.
(a) Account.
(b) Horse.
(c) Food.
(d) Land.

14. ____________ are placed alongside the rampart to simulate the presence of armies in the town.
(a) Shields.
(b) Flags.
(c) Helmets.
(d) Swords.

15. Unhappy with their relationship, the native girl used to ____________ to deal with the confusion and the pain.
(a) Cry.
(b) Run away.
(c) Take drugs.
(d) Sleep with other men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the magistrate end up suffering through when he sneaks into a girl's bedroom in order to hide?

2. The magistrate gets help from the only _______________ in town who avoided burglary during the raids and the conflicts.

3. What does the magistrate return to the crowd with after he can't stand to see the sight of the natives at first?

4. Unable to defend themselves, the barbarians are vulnerable and deprived of their _______________ as a result.

5. Mandel seems to be unaffected by the ____________ of other people, which puts the magistrate at odds with him.

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