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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The blind girl admits that she stays with the magistrate because she has no ______________________.
(a) Money to spend on the streets.
(b) Sight.
(c) Place else to go.
(d) Family.

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

4. What is the magistrate unable to provide when the girl asks him why he wants her to be back with him?
(a) A straight answer.
(b) A promise of love.
(c) A bag of food.
(d) A lie.

5. What is the magistrate reaching, which makes the reader think that he might be older than others in the book?
(a) A new home.
(b) Death.
(c) Retirement.
(d) His admiral position.

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

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

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

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

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

11. What do the men think is associated with bad luck, so they have to perform a purification ritual before continuing on?
(a) Little food.
(b) Menstruation.
(c) Dead horses.
(d) A long journey.

12. The magistrate wants to inform the ___________ about the trip he is going to take with the girl, but decides to not do so.
(a) Women.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Bureau.
(d) Family.

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) Hobbies.
(d) Sports.

14. Various measures are undertaken in anticipation of barbarian attacks, such as ___________ and vigilance.
(a) Torture.
(b) Raids.
(c) Rallies.
(d) Signs.

15. The magistrate thinks the barbarians became corrupted because they lost their _________ somewhere along the way.
(a) Conscience.
(b) Values.
(c) Religion.
(d) Families.

Short Answer Questions

1. The group continues to experience tough conditions, with _________ entering their clothing and their baggage as they travel.

2. How does the magistrate begin to inform the government about his actions, though he puts this aside?

3. Is the girl who works for the magistrate completely blind because of her interrogation torture?

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

5. Rumors begin to spread that the barbarians are thinking about threatening the _____________ during their actions.

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