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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. Who comes to the First Man's aid when the Thief accuses him of causing everyone's blindness?
(a) No One
(b) The Doctor
(c) The First Man's Wife
(d) The Girl with Dark Glasses

2. A crash of what type of vehicle requires the Minister of Transportation to issue releases about the epidemic?
(a) A series of cars
(b) A bus
(c) An airplane
(d) A train

3. Who is kept in the second wing of the asylum?
(a) The possibly infected
(b) Family members of the blind
(c) Blind inmates who are sick or elderly
(d) Medical staff

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

5. How does the Doctor know who comes into the quarantine?
(a) He temporarily regains his sight
(b) His wife tells him
(c) He recognizes his patients' voices
(d) One of his patients recognizes his voice

Short Answer Questions

1. What is provided to the inmates for breakfast?

2. What does the Ministry of Health require of the Doctor?

3. The night after inspecting the First Man, who does the doctor talk with first about the case?

4. Which of these people is not among those the Girl with Dark Glasses interacted with the day she went blind?

5. How long does it take the government to round up the known blind for quarantine?

Short Essay Questions

1. By this point, is the dispersal of food effectively organized by Chapter 7?

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

3. Describe the final moments of the Thief's life.

4. What is the Doctor's conclusion about the origin of his blindness?

5. Describe the state of the dormitory at the end of Chapter 6.

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

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

8. What happens when the hundreds of new internees are delivered to quarantine?

9. How does the Man with the Eye-Patch describe the state of the outside world?

10. Describe the Girl with Dark Glasses' attitude toward her work.

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