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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who in the first ward defends the anonymous person who killed the Leader of the Thugs?
(a) The Doctor
(b) The Girl with Dark Glasses
(c) The Man with the Eye Patch
(d) The First Man

2. What vegetable does the Gaunt Old Woman eat along with her raw rabbit?
(a) Cabbage
(b) Turnips
(c) Spinach
(d) Carrots

3. What does the Girl with Dark Glasses not realize?
(a) Her conjunctivitis is gone
(b) Her hair has gone white
(c) Her glasses have been stolen
(d) She is sleeping in the wrong bed

4. Whom is the first person the Doctor's Wife informs she can see?
(a) The Girl with Dark Glasses
(b) The Man with the Eye-Patch
(c) The Squinting Child
(d) The First Man's Wife

5. Why is the Gaunt Old Woman's body particularly light?
(a) She did not eat in her last week of life
(b) She has lost a lot of water in the sun
(c) She has decomposed substantially
(d) She is half-eaten by animals

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

7. The Doctor's Wife reasons that she killed another man in addition to the Leader of the Thugs. Where does she stab him?
(a) In his stomach
(b) In his temple
(c) In his neck
(d) In his chest

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

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

10. Which ailment is not mentioned among those prevalent in quarantine?
(a) Tuberculosis
(b) Chronic diarrhea
(c) Influenza
(d) Cancer

11. What is stolen from the Chronicler as he types his accounts
(a) A piece of bread
(b) A cup of cold coffee
(c) His inkstrips
(d) His watch

12. 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

13. What is the Doctor's Wife doing when the Thugs enter the first ward to mock the women?
(a) Washing the First Man's Wife
(b) Listening to the radio with the Man with the Eye-Patch
(c) Telling a story to the Squinting Child
(d) Trimming her husband's beard

14. 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

15. What important item did the Doctor's Wife bring from the asylum?
(a) Her keys
(b) A lighter
(c) The scissors
(d) A compass

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Leader of the Thugs do at the same time as his throat is cut?

2. What does the First Man decide to do with his house at the end of the chapter?

3. Who takes control of the Leader's gun?

4. Who vomits as a result of the corpse being eaten?

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

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