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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Various measures are undertaken in anticipation of barbarian attacks, such as ___________ and vigilance.
(a) Torture.
(b) Rallies.
(c) Raids.
(d) Signs.

2. What is the magistrate reaching, which makes the reader think that he might be older than others in the book?
(a) His admiral position.
(b) A new home.
(c) Death.
(d) Retirement.

3. What does the blind girl seem to agree to do on a daily basis, though there has been no conversation?
(a) Sleeping on the floor of the bedroom.
(b) The chores.
(c) Bathing rituals.
(d) The cooking.

4. Who is the one being tortured which causes the person from #16 to react in the way that he/she does?
(a) Mother.
(b) Brother.
(c) Father.
(d) Grandfather.

5. What does the Colonel want to obtain from the prisoners when he seeks to interrogate them in a cruel way?
(a) Truth.
(b) Humiliation.
(c) Devastation.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. The barbarians are not interested in the ___________ they used to engage in until they started drinking and causing trouble.

2. What is the name of the Colonel who likes to interrogate people of interest by using harsh torture methods?

3. Who is imprisoned on the way into town, though this prisoner(s) does not seem like a likely candidate for a spy?

4. What does the magistrate worry will hurt the girl once it begins to take hold of the area?

5. Who has sent the Colonel to the area where the magistrate is in charge so that he can look into rumors that have spread?

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