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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ___________ avoids sleeping with the others in the same tent on the way back from their trip.
(a) The girl.
(b) The magistrate.
(c) The injured soldier.
(d) The lead soldier.

2. Even though the winter has passed, the wind blowing through the ice makes ___________ difficult for the men.
(a) Walking.
(b) Riding.
(c) Eating.
(d) Breathing.

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

4. What does the magistrate worry will hurt the girl once it begins to take hold of the area?
(a) War.
(b) The Colonel.
(c) Barbarian uprising.
(d) Winter.

5. Who has sent the Colonel to the area where the magistrate is in charge so that he can look into rumors that have spread?
(a) The Northerners.
(b) The Whites.
(c) Third Bureau.
(d) The militia.

6. Who is imprisoned on the way into town, though this prisoner(s) does not seem like a likely candidate for a spy?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Small boy.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Family.

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

8. What keeps the magistrate up at night during the time when the Colonel is interrogating the many prisoners?
(a) The mess hall.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The screams of the prisoners.
(d) The army soldiers.

9. The magistrate shows the _______________ to the Colonel when the Colonel is in the town for a visit.
(a) Palace.
(b) Barracks.
(c) Garrison.
(d) Ships.

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

11. 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) His admiral position.
(d) Retirement.

12. 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.

13. Rumors begin to spread that the barbarians are thinking about threatening the _____________ during their actions.
(a) Colony.
(b) Magistrate.
(c) Empire.
(d) Colonel.

14. Who becomes more open as the journey progresses, conversing with the soldiers freely?
(a) The girl.
(b) The nurse.
(c) The leader.
(d) The magistrate.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The magistrate decides it's going to be best to take the girl back to _______________.

4. The barbarians stay away from the town during the winter months, dealing with the _____________.

5. The magistrate wants to inform the ___________ about the trip he is going to take with the girl, but decides to not do so.

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