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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What do the inmates do to pass the time at night?
(a) Play word games
(b) Tell stories
(c) Have sex
(d) Arm-wrestle

5. Which group is forced to barricade itseld as the quarantine is flooded with new inmates?
(a) The guards
(b) The second ward
(c) The first ward
(d) The contaminated

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

7. What does the second ward finally do in Chapter 8?
(a) Clean the toilets
(b) Bury their dead
(c) Elect a ward leader
(d) Return the food stolen in Chapter 7

8. To what animal does the Doctor's Wife compare the blind inmates?
(a) Bats
(b) Dogs
(c) Snakes
(d) Moles

9. With what item does the First Man cut himself?
(a) Newspaper
(b) Broken vase
(c) Loose Nail in the Floor
(d) Kitchen Knife

10. To what part of a car does the Doctor compare the eyes?
(a) Carburetor
(b) Headlight
(c) Engine
(d) Bumper

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

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

13. Who comes to the First Man's aid after he goes blind?
(a) His Wife
(b) The Girl with Dark Glasses
(c) The Thief
(d) The Doctor

14. What action does the First Man take, forgetting that he has gone blind?
(a) Turns on the television
(b) Turns on the light in his apartment
(c) Opens the freezer and look for something to eat
(d) Looks through the peephole of the elevator

15. Who is the last patient the Doctor sees the day before he goes blind?
(a) The First Man
(b) The Man with the eye patch
(c) The Squinting Boy
(d) The Girl with Dark Glasses

Short Answer Questions

1. To what animal does an anonymous inmate compare her fellow internees at the very end of Chapter 6?

2. What aggravates the Doctor in his call with the Ministry of Health?

3. Who pick's up the spade from the soldiers?

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

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

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