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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. In what state is the Girl with Dark Glasses when she goes blind?
(a) Walking
(b) Lying in bed
(c) Reclining in a taxi
(d) Sitting on a chair

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

3. Who is the last patient the Doctor sees the day before he goes blind?
(a) The Girl with Dark Glasses
(b) The First Man
(c) The Man with the eye patch
(d) The Squinting Boy

4. To what part of a car does the Doctor compare the eyes?
(a) Bumper
(b) Carburetor
(c) Engine
(d) Headlight

5. What mixes with the blood after several inmates are shot by the soldiers?
(a) Milk
(b) Urine
(c) Mud
(d) Water

Short Answer Questions

1. A crash of what type of vehicle requires the Minister of Transportation to issue releases about the epidemic?

2. Which of the following is not a career of an arriving inmate?

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

4. Which of the following is not among the rules announced to the inmates?

5. What is the doctor's diagnosis to explain the First Man's blindness?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Man with the Eye-Patch.

2. Does the Doctor give up on the case of blindness in the First Man?

3. How does the Thief suffer an injury?

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

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

6. 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?

7. Why do the guards fire on the inmates?

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

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

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

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