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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 man that slept with the Girl with Dark Glasses
(b) The Thief's wife
(c) The woman near the First Man's car when he went blind
(d) The Doctor's assistant

2. How many inmates are ordered to take away the Thief's body?
(a) Eight
(b) Six
(c) Two
(d) Four

3. Approximately how many new blind internees arrive at quarantine in Chapter 7?
(a) Three hundred
(b) Two hundred
(c) Eighty
(d) One hundred and fifty

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does the Thief believe he is in his dire situation?
(a) He molested the Girl with Dark Glasses
(b) He allowed himself to be taken to quarantine
(c) He stole the First Man's car
(d) He helped the First Man home

10. Where is quarantine located?
(a) A factory
(b) An abandoned school
(c) A hospital
(d) No one knows

11. Why isn't the First Man's wife home?
(a) She is at work
(b) She is at her book club
(c) He is unmarried
(d) She is shopping

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

13. What valuable piece of information does the Doctor's Wife take from the radio?
(a) The news of a new govenment
(b) An update on the number of blind cases reported
(c) The temperture and weather forecast
(d) The time

14. Which of the following is not a career of an arriving inmate?
(a) Policeman
(b) Hotel maid
(c) Taxi driver
(d) Shop clerk

15. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group is forced to barricade itseld as the quarantine is flooded with new inmates?

2. Which two people share a moment of forgiveness in Chapter 5?

3. Which of the following is not among the objects that internees saw immediately before going blind?

4. Why does the Doctor think his Wife has gone blind when he wakes up?

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

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