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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tertiary character is among those killed when the soldiers open fire?
(a) The Thief's wife
(b) The man that slept with the Girl with Dark Glasses
(c) The woman near the First Man's car when he went blind
(d) The Doctor's assistant

2. What does the Ministry of Health require of the Doctor?
(a) His consultation
(b) His equipment
(c) His medical files
(d) His eyes for analysis

3. Before the soldiers provide a spade, what do the inmates use to try to bury the Thief?
(a) A dustbin lid
(b) Plastic spoons
(c) An iron bar
(d) Their hands

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

5. How does the Doctor's Wife gain access to quarantine?
(a) She pays off the driver
(b) She begs an attandant
(c) She says she is blind
(d) She follows the ambulance

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

7. Which of these people is not among those the Girl with Dark Glasses interacted with the day she went blind?
(a) A Tourist
(b) The Doctor
(c) A Waitress
(d) A Taxi Driver

8. Which character urinates in his pants?
(a) The Squinting Child
(b) The First Man
(c) The Doctor
(d) The Thief

9. What aggravates the Doctor in his call with the Ministry of Health?
(a) A bad connection
(b) A rude operator
(c) A long automated message
(d) A constant busy signal

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

11. Where is the First Man when he goes blind?
(a) His car
(b) The park
(c) The Doctor's office
(d) His home

12. Why does the Thief leave the First Man's car?
(a) He has a fit of conscience
(b) The police arrest him
(c) It runs out of fuel
(d) He is paranoid of being caught

13. What do the inmates do before burying their dead?
(a) Mop the central hallway
(b) Administer last rights
(c) Eat lunch
(d) Sleep

14. Which of the following is not among the rules announced to the inmates?
(a) Inmates must bury their own dead
(b) Food will be delivered three times daily
(c) The inmates are forbidden to organize
(d) Lights will remain on at all times

15. Who escorts the Thief home?
(a) The Man with the Eyepatch
(b) The Police
(c) His Wife
(d) A Passerby

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose spouse arrives with the new inmates?

2. Why does the Thief believe he is in his dire situation?

3. Why do the inmates collecting the food start shouting out the entrance?

4. How does the Doctor describe the whiteness of First Man's blindness?

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

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