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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Nurse.
(c) Small boy.
(d) Soldier.

2. The Colonel uses the _____________ to organize a raid on the barbarians and to begin fighting back in the uprising.
(a) Food.
(b) Map.
(c) Boy.
(d) Money.

3. Who is killed when he/she tries to protect another part of his/her family during an interrogation session?
(a) Brother.
(b) Mother.
(c) Father.
(d) Grandfather.

4. The magistrate becomes frustrated with the bathing ritual which makes him feel ___________ without bringing results.
(a) Restless.
(b) Horny.
(c) Loving.
(d) Tired.

5. A magistrate is in charge of administering the _____________ in a colonial town at the start of this story.
(a) Food stamps.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Law.
(d) Security checks.

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

7. What does the magistrate do for the girl when he goes out to find her on the streets after she runs away again?
(a) Washes her and bandages her.
(b) Locks her in her room.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Gives her more money.

8. The magistrate believes that the barbarians only different in their tolerance for ___________ and slovenliness, and the magistrate admires them.
(a) Peace.
(b) Death.
(c) War.
(d) Torture.

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

10. After _________ days of traveling together, there is little food left in the supplies of the group.
(a) Eight.
(b) Ten.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

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

12. What happens as the blind girl refuses to talk about her injuries as the magistrate asks her about them?
(a) The magistrate falls asleep beside her.
(b) Nothing.
(c) She begins to cry.
(d) The girl falls asleep beside the magistrate.

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

14. Who seems to have injuries which are inconsistent to those mentioned on the interrogation report?
(a) Father.
(b) Mother.
(c) Grandfather.
(d) Brother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is NOT in the group of people who are interrogated after being picked up on their way into town?

2. Who does the magistrate find to be sleeping when he visits the family the following day?

3. The magistrate separates their _____________ and begins to resume his normal social life.

4. What keeps the magistrate up at night during the time when the Colonel is interrogating the many prisoners?

5. What grows after the men begin to realize the purpose of the trip to the barbarians?

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