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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The magistrate wants __________ to make up their mind about whether they want to stay with the group or head back to the settlement.
(a) The girl
(b) The soldier.
(c) His horse.
(d) A wise man.

2. What is NOT one of the hobbies that the magistrate returns to once the weather begins to turn cooler?
(a) Collating maps.
(b) Reading.
(c) Antelope hunting.
(d) Horseback riding.

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

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

5. Who does the group encounter on their tenth day of traveling in the wilderness?
(a) The barbarians.
(b) The army.
(c) The women's family.
(d) The Bureau.

6. The magistrate questions whether he really is attracted to the blind girl or if he feels _____________ about her torture.
(a) Complacent.
(b) Intrigued.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Guilty.

7. When the group returns back to the settlement, they are greeted by a group of ______________.
(a) Children.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Women.
(d) Priests.

8. The Colonel likes to use various stages of torture when he interrogates people, increasing the _________ at each stage.
(a) Pain.
(b) Lies.
(c) Humilation.
(d) Compassion.

9. The barbarians are not interested in the ___________ they used to engage in until they started drinking and causing trouble.
(a) Trade.
(b) Families.
(c) Sports.
(d) Hobbies.

10. When the winter finally ends, the ___________ trapping can begin again, according to this section of the story.
(a) Children.
(b) Animal.
(c) Women.
(d) Barbarian.

11. The relationship the magistrate has with the __________ remains the same - distant and indifferent.
(a) Child.
(b) Lover.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Maid.

12. Even after the magistrate _____________________, he still questions whether he really wants to have her.
(a) Has sex with the girl.
(b) Continues on the journey.
(c) Laughs with the girl.
(d) Begins to appreciate the girl.

13. With the alleged barbarian uprising, the magistrate is unable to remain _______________ in the issues which take place.
(a) Active.
(b) Uninvolved.
(c) Uncaring.
(d) Useful.

14. The magistrate finds a blind girl begging on the street for ____________ on a cold winter day.
(a) Clothing.
(b) Money.
(c) Health care.
(d) Food.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one of the soldiers injure on their way back to the settlement after the journey?

2. What does the group end up losing in the winds of a fierce storm, never to recover it again?

3. What is the first direction in which the magistrate and his men begin to travel with the girl?

4. The blind girl feels ____________ of the work that she has been given, so she runs away from the magistrate's home.

5. The group at the entrance of the settlement appears to be a ___________, but this is not what they actually are.

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