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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the inmates instructed to do after eating meals?
(a) Leave all containers at the front door for pick-up
(b) Burn all containers and leftovers
(c) Wash all containers and utensils
(d) Call to the guard post for intructions

2. In the discussion of organizing the first ward, which is not a suggested task to be assigned?
(a) Food distribution
(b) Bed making
(c) Medical assistance
(d) Sweeping

3. What does the First Man use to dress his wounded hand?
(a) A towel
(b) A shirt
(c) A handkerchief
(d) Gauze

4. What rumor about the government is going around?
(a) The government has been overthrown by a coup
(b) A new one is being formed
(c) The President has gone blind
(d) The Minister of Health has resigned

5. What object is not in the painting one man saw before going blind?
(a) Flowers
(b) A naked woman
(c) A seagull
(d) A conch shell

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the other people waiting in the Doctor's surgery grow irate?

2. When does the Doctor go blind?

3. In what state is the Girl with Dark Glasses when she goes blind?

4. Where is the First Man when he goes blind?

5. How does the narrator justify the policeman's rudeness in interviewing the Girl with Dark Glasses?

(see the answer key)

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