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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the blind girl finally tells the magistrate that she is willing to ____________, he finds himself to be indifferent.
(a) Leave.
(b) Have sex.
(c) Marry him.
(d) Work harder.

2. Who is imprisoned on the way into town, though this prisoner(s) does not seem like a likely candidate for a spy?
(a) Family.
(b) Small boy.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Nurse.

3. The magistrate is worried about the __________ of the girl while also being attracted to her beauty.
(a) Child.
(b) Work status.
(c) Family.
(d) Health.

4. What was the actual destination of the prisoner(s) that was passing when this person or persons were picked up for interrogation?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Farm.
(c) Home.
(d) Family house.

5. Who is NOT in the group of people who are interrogated after being picked up on their way into town?
(a) Mother.
(b) Brother.
(c) Father.
(d) Grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. A magistrate is in charge of administering the _____________ in a colonial town at the start of this story.

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

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

4. What is NOT one of the hobbies that the magistrate returns to once the weather begins to turn cooler?

5. The bulk of the story seems to be centered in what location in the world, according to the book notes?

(see the answer key)

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