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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The magistrate is worried that the answers the prisoners give while being tortured are only what the Colonel _______________.
(a) Has said already.
(b) Wants to hear.
(c) Already knows.
(d) Tells the army.

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

3. ______________wants to distance himself from all of the killing before his retirement begins to be a reality.
(a) The Colonel.
(b) The admiral.
(c) The President.
(d) The magistrate.

4. Over time, the magistrate begins to feel less attracted to ____________ and questions why she's in his house.
(a) The nurse.
(b) The lover.
(c) The maid.
(d) The child.

5. The nomads would usually follow the _____________ on the path the magistrate and the soldiers are starting to follow.
(a) Tree line.
(b) Animals.
(c) Old dead river bed.
(d) Desert edge.

Short Answer Questions

1. The group begins their journey by traveling to the ___________ and then the valleys, where the nomads usually travel.

2. What kind of uprising is a part of the rumors which are being investigated in the area where the magistrate is?

3. The magistrate questions whether he really is attracted to the blind girl or if he feels _____________ about her torture.

4. The magistrate has disagreements with the _____________ while new conscripts arrive to replace old soldiers.

5. What is the magistrate unable to provide when the girl asks him why he wants her to be back with him?

(see the answer key)

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