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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why don't the police arrest the Thief after he goes blind?
(a) He pays them off
(b) They do not know his car is stolen
(c) They go blind themselves
(d) They take pity on him, since he is blind

2. When does the spokesman for the second ward say they will bury their dead?
(a) Never
(b) Tomorrow
(c) Overnight
(d) After dinner

3. What does the Girl with Dark Glasses bring to the quarantine in her handbag?
(a) Her eyedrops
(b) A hand mirror
(c) A flask
(d) A knife

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

5. What did the doctor's wife forget to do before going to sleep?
(a) Kiss her husband
(b) Wind her watch
(c) Go to the toilet
(d) Remove her filthy shoes

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters are not in the Doctor's waiting room?

2. How many inmates are ordered to take away the Thief's body?

3. Who is not among the first group of inmates to arrive in quarantine?

4. How does the narrator justify the policeman's rudeness in interviewing the Girl with Dark Glasses?

5. Who comes to the First Man's aid when the Thief accuses him of causing everyone's blindness?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who in the first ward dies in the hail of fire?

2. Does the Doctor have an explanation for the First Man's sudden blindness?

3. What does the Doctor do when his Wife tells him that a Man with an Eye-Patch has arrived in the ward?

4. Describe the painting the Man with the Eye-Patch mentions at the end of Chapter 8.

5. What is the Sergeant's attitude toward the internees?

6. Describe what happens when the Doctor's Wife wakes up in the morning.

7. What services will the government offer the quarantined inmates, according to the announcement?

8. How does the Thief suffer an injury?

9. How does the First Man compose himself in the Doctor's office?

10. Describe the Man with the Eye-Patch.

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