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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. What pierces a blind man's leg as he searches the same supermarket as the Doctor's Wife?
(a) A rotten fish bone
(b) A splinter of glass
(c) A sardine tin lid
(d) A stray nail

2. What does the Doctor's Wife suggest to her husband she will do with the scissors?
(a) Attack the Thugs
(b) She does not know
(c) Kill herself
(d) Trim his beard

3. How does the Man with the Eye Patch relay the news from his radio?
(a) He makes three summary announcements a day
(b) He passes it bed to bed like a game of Telephone
(c) He does not tell the others
(d) He tell is to the Doctor's Wife, who passes it on

4. With whom does the Girl with Dark Glasses regularly have sex?
(a) The Man with the Eye Patch
(b) The Doctor
(c) The First Man
(d) The Leader of the Thugs

5. On second glance, what does the Doctor's Wife notice the filthy blind lovers in the hall are doing?
(a) Grappling for food
(b) Whispering to each other
(c) Crying
(d) Holding hands

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Doctor's Wife hide in the Gaunt Old Woman's garden before leaving?

2. Which two characters in the first ward collect and deliver the valuables?

3. What item does the Doctor's Wife find in her purse that could be used as a weapon?

4. What begins to follow the Doctor's Wife on her way back to her companions?

5. Who takes control of the Leader's gun?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Doctor's principle argument for now trying to stop his wife from going to the Thugs' ward?

2. What plan does the Doctor's Wife and her band of companions develop after the asylum burns down?

3. What arrangement do the Thugs make for payment?

4. What does the Doctor's Wife do when she sees her husband in bed with the Girl with Dark Glasses?

5. How do the Thugs keep track of their earnings?

6. What does the Doctor's Wife say to silence the Thugs when they stop by the first ward at the beginning of Chapter 12?

7. Why would the Doctor's Wife's mentioning to the stranger she meets that she is going home reveal that she can see?

8. How does the Doctor's Wife meet the Dog of Tears?

9. Describe the state of the outside world since the blindness disease has spread to almost every citizen?

10. What is the general attitude in the other wards when food stops arriving at the main entrance?

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