2. What is the goal of the invading soldiers?
(a) To recruit more soldiers.
(b) To prevent a resistance.
(c) To protect the borders.
(d) To confiscate the coal.

3. Why does Alex say he should not have been ordered by the soldiers?
(a) He was overworked.
(b) They do not know how mining works.
(c) They are not his countrymen.
(d) He is a free man.

4. Who reads the charge against Alex at the trial?
(a) Lanser.
(b) The Mayor.
(c) Loft.
(d) Winter.

5. Why does Winter think the soldiers are having a public trial?
(a) To send a message.
(b) To make an example.
(c) All of these.
(d) To incite fear.

6. What does Lanser say he does not want when he meets with the Mayor?
(a) More bloodshed.
(b) A permanent residence.
(c) Too much money.
(d) Fear.

7. How many lieutenants are on the panel to judge Alex?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

8. Who does the Mayor confide in before the trial?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Lanser.
(c) Tonder.
(d) Winter.

9. What does Lanser get upset with Bentick for?
(a) Not wearing his helmet.
(b) Talking with the people.
(c) Losing his name badge.
(d) Not cleaning his uniform.

10. What does Prackle do to sub-standard art?
(a) He critiques it.
(b) He enhances it.
(c) He hides it.
(d) He destroys it.

11. How is the aura of the newly invaded town described?
(a) Complacent.
(b) Surreal.
(c) Intense.
(d) Terrified.

12. What is the Mayor's wife most worried about when the soldiers are in her house?
(a) The war.
(b) Her image.
(c) Her safety.
(d) Protocol.

13. What does the Mayor compare his position to before the trial?
(a) An intermission.
(b) A diversion.
(c) A balancing act.
(d) A pantomime.

14. What was the name of the man who killed Bentick?
(a) Andre.
(b) Anderson.
(c) Alexia.
(d) Alexander.

15. What do people encourage Prackle to become?
(a) A soldier.
(b) An artist.
(c) A leader.
(d) A teacher.