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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The magistrate finds the blind girl to be ___________________ and unresponsive when he tries to connect with her.
(a) Crass.
(b) Mute.
(c) Deaf.
(d) Distant.

2. What did the torturers use in order to blind the girl who is now working for the magistrate in his home?
(a) Acid.
(b) Hot water.
(c) Hot fork-like tools.
(d) Dust.

3. Who does the magistrate blame for all of the trouble that is happening among the people who are prisoners?
(a) The Colonel.
(b) The President.
(c) The Admiral.
(d) Himself.

4. The blind girl admits that she stays with the magistrate because she has no ______________________.
(a) Sight.
(b) Place else to go.
(c) Family.
(d) Money to spend on the streets.

5. The magistrate has disagreements with the _____________ while new conscripts arrive to replace old soldiers.
(a) The military.
(b) His wife.
(c) The hired help.
(d) His lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. The magistrate questions where torture is a ______________ method of eliciting information from the prisoners.

2. Over time, the magistrate begins to feel less attracted to ____________ and questions why she's in his house.

3. ______________wants to distance himself from all of the killing before his retirement begins to be a reality.

4. The relationship the magistrate has with the __________ remains the same - distant and indifferent.

5. What is the magistrate reaching, which makes the reader think that he might be older than others in the book?

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