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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the inmates do immediately after escaping the burning asylum?
(a) They search the guard's post for food.
(b) They group off and head into the city
(c) They huddle together and sleep
(d) They scatter to the surrounding fields to make shelter

3. What item does the Girl with Dark Glasses hide beneath her bed?
(a) Her eyedrops
(b) A sanitary napkin
(c) A photo
(d) A watch

4. What is the group doing when the Man with the Eye Patch declares his love?
(a) Discussing their plans for the next day
(b) Reading stories
(c) Dancing
(d) Listening to records

5. Which of the following social niceties has not disappeared from society in this chapter?
(a) Monogamy
(b) Clothing
(c) Private defecation
(d) Private property

6. One of the Thugs is blind from birth - not from the epidemic. What is he called by his cohorts?
(a) The Chronicler
(b) The Eyes
(c) The Boy Genius
(d) The Accountant

7. On second glance, what does the Doctor's Wife notice the filthy blind lovers in the hall are doing?
(a) Crying
(b) Holding hands
(c) Grappling for food
(d) Whispering to each other

8. How many inmates are shot during the assault on the Thugs' ward?
(a) One
(b) None
(c) Four
(d) Two

9. In what state do the Doctor and his Wife find their house?
(a) Pristine
(b) Dusty but intact
(c) Demolished and filthy
(d) Cluttered but sanitary

10. What pierces a blind man's leg as he searches the same supermarket as the Doctor's Wife?
(a) A stray nail
(b) A splinter of glass
(c) A rotten fish bone
(d) A sardine tin lid

11. During the several small insurrections against the Thugs mentioned in the beginning of Chapter 11, how many shots are fired?
(a) One
(b) None
(c) Two
(d) Three

12. At the beginning of Chapter 9, approximately how many internees are in quarantine?
(a) Three hundred and fifty
(b) Three hundred
(c) Two hundred and forty
(d) One hundred and eighty

13. Who is the first man in the first ward to protest that the women should not submit to the Thugs?
(a) The Man with the Eye-Patch
(b) The Doctor
(c) The First Man
(d) No man speaks out

14. Who is the first woman in the first ward to announce she will acquiesce to the Thugs' demands?
(a) The Girl with Dark Glasses
(b) The First Man's Wife
(c) The Doctor's Wife
(d) The Chambermaid

15. Who is the first woman from the first ward that the Leader of the Thugs rapes?
(a) The First Man's Wife
(b) The Girl with Dark Glasses
(c) The Doctor's Wife
(d) The Old Woman with Insomnia

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Doctor's Wife suggest to her husband she will do with the scissors?

2. What is eating a man's corpse in a city square?

3. What important item did the Doctor's Wife bring from the asylum?

4. Who is reduced to tears by tasting the bottled water?

5. Which two characters in the first ward collect and deliver the valuables?

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