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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. What is the name of the girl who the magistrate seeks out in order to help him with his tension?

2. The magistrate has misgivings about the native girl regretting his failure to _______________.

3. When the magistrate shouts in protest of what is happening, a solider hits him in the _______________.

4. The magistrate finds out that one of the charges against him involves __________ irregularities.

5. More ____________ are built for the barbarians tortured in front of their relatives as the story goes on.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the magistrate suffer when he is imprisoned during his time in his cell?

2. What is the magistrate feeling regret about as he is settling into a new life of survival?

3. What are some of the hobbies that the magistrate goes back to after visiting and sleeping with Mai?

4. What does the Colonel do to the natives who have their cheeks wired and their wrists wired?

5. What happens when the magistrate meets up with the warrant officer from the Third Bureau?

6. What happens to the magistrate as a result of not having any activities to do during his captivity?

7. What does the magistrate advise the people of the town to do in order to make it through the winter?

8. What begins to spread among the soldiers as the rumors of the barbarians begin to spread more rapidly?

9. What does the magistrate think he might write down if he were to write a record of the imperial post?

10. What does the magistrate begin to believe about the consistency of the law as seen in the cases he has previously conducted?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The men began to strike back at the Colonel, which seems to drive him away.

Part 1: Why do you think that the people felt comfortable enough to throw stones at the Colonel?

Part 2: Do you think that the people had a right to fight back against the Colonel? Why or why not?

Part 3: Do you think that you would ever throw stones at a political leader or other person in power?

Essay Topic 2

The journey to take the girl back to her people seems to create a lot of conflict and doubt within the group.

Part 1: Do you think the journey was necessary for the story to progress? Why or why not?

Part 2: How do you think the magistrate changes during the course of this trip?

Part 3: Do you think that the magistrate needed to go on this journey with the others? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The magistrate becomes confused as he begins to be attracted to the girl who he meets and brings into his home.

Part 1: Why do you think that the magistrate is attracted to the girl he's brought into his home?

Part 2: Do you think that the girl is attracted to the magistrate? Why or why not?

Part 3: Why do you think these two people are drawn to each other in this story?

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