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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. A magistrate is in charge of administering the _____________ in a colonial town at the start of this story.
(a) Drugs.
(b) Food stamps.
(c) Law.
(d) Security checks.

2. The soldiers carry _____________ and try to conserve food and water the best they can as they travel.
(a) First aid equipment.
(b) Firewood.
(c) Notes.
(d) Maps.

3. Who does the group encounter on their tenth day of traveling in the wilderness?
(a) The army.
(b) The Bureau.
(c) The barbarians.
(d) The women's family.

4. What is the magistrate reaching, which makes the reader think that he might be older than others in the book?
(a) Retirement.
(b) His admiral position.
(c) A new home.
(d) Death.

5. The relationship the magistrate has with the __________ remains the same - distant and indifferent.
(a) Nurse.
(b) Lover.
(c) Child.
(d) Maid.

Short Answer Questions

1. The blind girl seems to communicate __________ while the magistrate seems to focus on communicating nuances.

2. The magistrate believes that his trip could be seen as a way to restore good relationships with the ______________.

3. The barbarians are not interested in the ___________ they used to engage in until they started drinking and causing trouble.

4. Who has sent the Colonel to the area where the magistrate is in charge so that he can look into rumors that have spread?

5. What did the torturers use in order to blind the girl who is now working for the magistrate in his home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the group encounters some indigenous people as they are traveling on the tenth day?

2. Why is the magistrate unable to remain uninvolved during the alleged barbarian uprising?

3. What causes troubles when the fishermen are put into the barracks together, causing problems for the magistrate?

4. Why was Colonel Joll send to the area where the Magistrate is in charge at the start of the story?

5. Why does the blind girl leave the magistrate's house after he offers her a job in his home?

6. What happens with the girl as they continue on their trip together through the mountains?

7. What happens to the family that the Colonel wants to interrogate when they come into town?

8. Why does the magistrate decide to offer the blind girl a chance to work in his home for the winter?

9. What does the Colonel interrogate the fishermen about when he brings them in for questioning after their capture?

10. What does the magistrate find about the girl when they are performing the bathing ritual together day after day?

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