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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 gives the Squinting Boy half his/her portion of food?
(a) The Man with the Eye-Patch
(b) The Doctor's Wife
(c) The Doctor
(d) The Girl with Dark Glasses

2. In the first ward, who suggests and an armed assault against the Thugs?
(a) The First Man's Wife
(b) The Girl with Dark Glasses
(c) The Nurse
(d) The Pharmacist's Assistant

3. What does the Doctor say all of the country is dying from?
(a) Apathy
(b) Sadness
(c) Blindness
(d) Starvation

4. How many women from the second ward go to the Thugs?
(a) Ten
(b) Twelve
(c) Fifteen
(d) Seventeen

5. What does the Girl with Dark Glasses do with her bed, that the Doctor's Wife wishes she had thought to do?
(a) Makes a tent over it with a blanket
(b) Pushes it together with another
(c) Ties makeshift ropes along the side for protection
(d) Moves it nearer the open window

Short Answer Questions

1. On second glance, what does the Doctor's Wife notice the filthy blind lovers in the hall are doing?

2. What is the first thing the women of the first ward do with the body of their fallen comrade after they return?

3. What does the Doctor's Wife suggest to her husband she will do with the scissors?

4. Which two characters are given sneakers rather than boots by the Doctor's Wife?

5. Who is reduced to tears by tasting the bottled water?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the old woman with insomnia in Chapter 9.

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

3. What happens to the Old Woman with insomnia in Chapter 11?

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

5. What does the unnamed woman do with the lighter she finds among her baggage?

6. Describe the scene in the Thug's Ward immediately after the Doctor's Wife kills their leader.

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

8. What is the Girl with Dark Glasses' decision about remaining with the Doctor's Wife?

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

10. How does the first ward get its information of the outside world?

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