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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Is the girl who works for the magistrate completely blind because of her interrogation torture?
(a) Yes, but she's hopeful it will heal.
(b) She was always blind.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

3. 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.

4. Without informing anyone, the magistrate takes ___________ soldiers and heads into the mountains on the trip.
(a) Ten.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

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

6. The magistrate realizes that one of the family members has been ________________, but the evidence was hidden.
(a) Poisoned.
(b) Killed.
(c) Tortured.
(d) Let go.

7. The girl says that she doesn't like _____________ and wants to stay with her own people.
(a) The settlement.
(b) The magistrate.
(c) The food.
(d) The army.

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

9. What is the first direction in which the magistrate and his men begin to travel with the girl?
(a) West.
(b) South.
(c) North.
(d) East.

10. The prisoners have different _____________ and lack hygiene, which causes a number of problems while they are captured.
(a) Languages.
(b) Senses.
(c) Customs.
(d) Faces.

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

12. The magistrate questions where torture is a ______________ method of eliciting information from the prisoners.
(a) Helpful.
(b) Viable.
(c) Engaging.
(d) Reliable.

13. 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.

14. What does the magistrate offer in exchange for the horses of the barbarians, though they refuse to do so?
(a) Bronze.
(b) Silver.
(c) Gold.
(d) Food.

15. The group continues to experience tough conditions, with _________ entering their clothing and their baggage as they travel.
(a) Bugs.
(b) Ice.
(c) Dust.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The magistrate is worried that the answers the prisoners give while being tortured are only what the Colonel _______________.

3. Who is the one being tortured which causes the person from #16 to react in the way that he/she does?

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

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

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