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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which two characters in the first ward collect and deliver the valuables?
(a) The First Man and the Doctor
(b) The First Man and the Nurse
(c) The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife
(d) The Doctor's Wife and the First Man

3. In addition to the gun, what else do the Thugs carry as weapons?
(a) Kitchen utensils
(b) Metal rods
(c) Broom handles
(d) Shards of glass

4. Whose house is furthest away from the asylum?
(a) The Doctor
(b) The First Man
(c) The Girl with Dark Glasses
(d) The Man with the Eye-Patch

5. What do the inmates do immediately after escaping the burning asylum?
(a) They huddle together and sleep
(b) They scatter to the surrounding fields to make shelter
(c) They search the guard's post for food.
(d) They group off and head into the city

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does the Doctor's Wife find in her purse that could be used as a weapon?

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

3. Which of the following is not a career of an arriving inmate?

4. How does the Thief die?

5. In the first ward, who suggests and an armed assault against the Thugs?

(see the answer key)

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