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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Girl with Dark Glasses' companion abandon her when she goes blind?
(a) She tells him to do so
(b) He has paid for their liaison
(c) He does not want to go blind as well
(d) He had not paid for the hotel room

2. How many women from the second ward go to the Thugs?
(a) Fifteen
(b) Ten
(c) Twelve
(d) Seventeen

3. With whom does the Girl with Dark Glasses regularly have sex?
(a) The First Man
(b) The Man with the Eye Patch
(c) The Doctor
(d) The Leader of the Thugs

4. How does the narrator justify the policeman's rudeness in interviewing the Girl with Dark Glasses?
(a) She does not pay taxes
(b) He has gone blind himself
(c) He is overwhelmed with blindness cases
(d) She is rude to him

5. How long does it take the government to round up the known blind for quarantine?
(a) Two days
(b) Less than a day
(c) Ten days
(d) One week

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Thief die?

2. What does the Girl with Dark Glasses bring to the quarantine in her handbag?

3. How does the first ward compare to the others in cleanliness?

4. Which ailment is not mentioned among those prevalent in quarantine?

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

(see the answer key)

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