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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the magistrate tells Mandel that he is still awaiting trial, the magistrate learns there are no ____________ of him at all.
(a) Pictures.
(b) Rumors.
(c) Witnesses.
(d) Records.

2. The barbarians lured the army into the ____________ cutting the horses loose along the way and vanished.
(a) Trenches.
(b) Lake.
(c) Garrison.
(d) Desert.

3. The power of the Empire is derived from the infliction of pain on the ___________, a sign of victory over this group.
(a) Women.
(b) Civilians.
(c) Enemy.
(d) Disobedient.

4. The ___________ that the barbarians arm against their invaders spread, encouraging angst and conflicts among the people.
(a) Pamphlets.
(b) Rumors.
(c) Tribunals.
(d) Newsletters.

5. The barbarians like to hide in the _________________ and wait for the soldiers to go away.
(a) Huts.
(b) Forest.
(c) Water.
(d) Mountains.

6. The magistrate thinks that his method of recording information now would include ______________ through seasons and nature.
(a) Living.
(b) Walking.
(c) Singing.
(d) Fighting.

7. The magistrate accuses the ______ of triggering conflicts, being more barbaric than the barbarians themselves.
(a) Colonel Joll.
(b) Footsoldiers.
(c) Army.
(d) People.

8. ________________ Mandel want the magistrate to get back to work in the settlement, according to the story.
(a) Policeman.
(b) Admiral.
(c) Colonel.
(d) General.

9. The officer the magistrate has spoken with seems to be equally capable of ___________ as of fulfilling his duties.
(a) Torture.
(b) Crime.
(c) Mercy.
(d) Denial.

10. When the magistrate returns to his cell, the guard warns him that he should remain silent about his ___________.
(a) Charges.
(b) Position.
(c) Escape.
(d) Sex life.

11. The magistrate finds it difficult to get used to ______________ in the humiliation of his imprisonment.
(a) Simple food.
(b) Having company.
(c) Sharing a room.
(d) Not having anything to do.

12. More ____________ are built for the barbarians tortured in front of their relatives as the story goes on.
(a) Stocks.
(b) Homes.
(c) Prison cells.
(d) Workyards.

13. ______________ who pass by every now and then move them as if the soldiers move the items as though the soldiers moved.
(a) Men.
(b) Children.
(c) Priests.
(d) Women.

14. What does the magistrate notice that makes him realize that he can not survive there?
(a) The many guards.
(b) A raging illness.
(c) Ruined crops.
(d) A barren silo.

15. The troops return from their mission with the natives who have their cheeks and their wrists ____________.
(a) Bruised.
(b) Burned.
(c) Cut off.
(d) Wired.

Short Answer Questions

1. The girl tells the magistrate that the native girl never knew what he _____________ of her and was never able to understand him.

2. While the magistrate is forced to live on the street, the barbarians hide while their ____________ are being destroyed.

3. What do people throw at Colonel Joll's carriage when he and his men decide to leave?

4. What is the magistrate deprived of when he is imprisoned for his various accusations and alleged crimes?

5. As the guards tighten the wires of the prisoners, they then force the prisoners to _____________ in the area where they are taken.

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