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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lanser command after someone comes to the Palace all bloody?
(a) That the quota of coal will rise.
(b) That the taxes are being waived.
(c) That one soldier will be killed if Prackle dies.
(d) That all men with guns be taken hostage.

2. How is Alex charged to be killed?
(a) Electrocuted.
(b) Hung.
(c) Beheaded.
(d) Shot.

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

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

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

6. What country does this book take place in?
(a) It is never named.
(b) Finland.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Nova Scotia.

7. How long does Alex have between his trial and his execution?
(a) A few minutes.
(b) A week.
(c) An hour.
(d) A day.

8. What does Lanser do while the Mayor is being frisked?
(a) Took notes.
(b) Smoked.
(c) Apologized.
(d) Laughed.

9. What does Tonder like to spend his time doing?
(a) Dreaming.
(b) All of these.
(c) Talking.
(d) Writing poetry.

10. What does Alex say he did not know about his attack on Bentick?
(a) That he was there.
(b) That he died.
(c) All of these.
(d) That he was unarmed.

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

12. Who is placed under protective custody after someone comes to the Palace all bloody?
(a) Prackle.
(b) The Mayor.
(c) Loft.
(d) Lanser.

13. What is Joseph most worried about before the trial?
(a) The scuffed furniture.
(b) The justice of the situation.
(c) The fate of his friend.
(d) The new regulations.

14. What was Bentick killed with?
(a) A gun.
(b) A block of wood.
(c) A pickaxe.
(d) A knife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Mayor's wife called?

2. What does Lanser get upset with Bentick for?

3. Who talks about a man of certain memories?

4. What does Loft call Prackle?

5. Who ends up sitting in judgment for the murderer?

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