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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not something that the sergeant compares to the blind internees?
(a) Rabid dogs
(b) Gangrenous limbs
(c) Rag dolls
(d) Blind bats

2. Of the four corpses that the first ward buries, how many actually slept in the first ward?
(a) None
(b) Three
(c) Two
(d) Four

3. What does the Doctor request of the soldiers?
(a) Antibiotics
(b) Pain killers
(c) More food
(d) Clean water

4. Why do the inmates collecting the food start shouting out the entrance?
(a) To annoy the guards
(b) The guards open fire again
(c) To lure back a lost comrade
(d) There is not enough food

5. What is delivered for lunch?
(a) Milk and cheese sandwiches
(b) Water and cold cut meat
(c) Tea with biscuits
(d) Coffee and bread with margarine

6. What item does the First Man accidentally leave with the Thief?
(a) His raincoat
(b) His keys
(c) His briefcase
(d) His glasses

7. In what state is the Girl with Dark Glasses when she goes blind?
(a) Sitting on a chair
(b) Walking
(c) Reclining in a taxi
(d) Lying in bed

8. What does the First Man see after he goes blind?
(a) Static
(b) White
(c) Flashing Light
(d) Black

9. What did the doctor's wife forget to do before going to sleep?
(a) Remove her filthy shoes
(b) Kiss her husband
(c) Wind her watch
(d) Go to the toilet

10. Why do the other people waiting in the Doctor's surgery grow irate?
(a) They all go blind
(b) The Squinting Child gets sick
(c) The air conditioner is broken
(d) The First Man is admitted before them

11. How does the Doctor know who comes into the quarantine?
(a) His wife tells him
(b) He temporarily regains his sight
(c) One of his patients recognizes his voice
(d) He recognizes his patients' voices

12. Which of the following characters are not in the Doctor's waiting room?
(a) The Squinting Child
(b) The Girl With Dark Glasses
(c) The Man with the Eyepatch
(d) The Thief

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

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

15. How do the inmates find their way back to the dormitory after picking up the food?
(a) A human chain formed from the dormitory to the food
(b) Counting the paces along the wall
(c) A person calls a signal from the dormitory
(d) A rope of blankets leading back

Short Answer Questions

1. What tertiary character is among those killed when the soldiers open fire?

2. In the discussion of organizing the first ward, which is not a suggested task to be assigned?

3. Where is quarantine located?

4. Which of the following is not an item the Doctor's wife packs for quarantine?

5. What item does an anonymous person wish was around near the end of Chapter 8?

(see the answer keys)

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