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

2. Who pick's up the spade from the soldiers?
(a) The First Man
(b) The Girl with Dark Glasses
(c) The Doctor's Wife
(d) The Doctor

3. Which group is forced to barricade itseld as the quarantine is flooded with new inmates?
(a) The first ward
(b) The guards
(c) The second ward
(d) The contaminated

4. What does the First Man see after he goes blind?
(a) White
(b) Static
(c) Flashing Light
(d) Black

5. In the discussion of organizing the first ward, which is not a suggested task to be assigned?
(a) Medical assistance
(b) Food distribution
(c) Sweeping
(d) Bed making

Short Answer Questions

1. Why isn't the First Man's wife home?

2. What does the government ask families to do as the epidemic spreads faster?

3. How do the inmates find their way back to the dormitory after picking up the food?

4. What rumor about the government is going around?

5. Who is the second person who goes blind in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Doctor's Wife's reaction to her husbands hypothesis about his blindness?

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

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

4. Does the First Man trust the man who comes to his aid after he goes blind?

5. What is the government's plan for dealing with the outbreak at the end of Chapter 3?

6. Describe the asylum dormitory.

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

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

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

10. What is the Thief's state of mind at the beginning of Chapter 2?

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