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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. Which newly blind character arrives in the first ward at the end of the chapter?
(a) The Hotel Clerk
(b) The Man with the eye patch
(c) The Sergeant
(d) The Thief's Wife

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

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

4. What are the inmates instructed to do after eating meals?
(a) Leave all containers at the front door for pick-up
(b) Call to the guard post for intructions
(c) Wash all containers and utensils
(d) Burn all containers and leftovers

5. What does the Doctor request of the soldiers?
(a) Clean water
(b) Antibiotics
(c) Pain killers
(d) More food

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the inmates do before burying their dead?

2. To what animal does the Doctor's Wife compare the blind inmates?

3. Which character urinates in his pants?

4. What is the Doctor pretending to look at when his wife wakes up?

5. What mixes with the blood after several inmates are shot by the soldiers?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the humiliation that occurs when the Doctor tries to use the toilet in Chapter 6.

3. What bit of knowledge does the Thief reveal to the Doctor's Wife on the night of his death? What will he do with this knowledge?

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

5. How does the Thief suffer an injury?

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

7. What appears to be the pattern for the spread of blindness in the novel?

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

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

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

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