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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Men who dig wells in the area find __________________ behind the barracks in a place that seems to be a grave.
(a) Clothing.
(b) Tombs.
(c) Women's bones.
(d) Children's bones.

2. Only when the barbarians realize they cannot live without the skills of the ____________, perhaps then they can be won.
(a) White men.
(b) Magistrate.
(c) Colonel.
(d) Herbalist.

3. The magistrate meets with a ____________ from the Third Bureau who decides to accuse him of siding with the enemy.
(a) Warrant officer.
(b) Colonel.
(c) President.
(d) General.

4. During Mandel's speech, some of his men return with ___________, including hens and cocks which are placed into the oven.
(a) Stolen goods.
(b) Fresh supplies.
(c) New weapons.
(d) Livestock.

5. The magistrate decides all he can do is to go on living even though his journey may be ________________.
(a) Ending soon.
(b) Pointless.
(c) Enjoyable.
(d) Long.

6. The magistrate has misgivings about the native girl regretting his failure to _______________.
(a) Understand her.
(b) Be with her.
(c) Keep her in his home.
(d) Marry her.

7. As the guards tighten the wires of the prisoners, they then force the prisoners to _____________ in the area where they are taken.
(a) Kneel.
(b) March.
(c) Dance.
(d) Sit.

8. The magistrate is also accused of making a trip to inform the ___________________ about the campaign against them.
(a) Barbarians.
(b) Other settlements.
(c) Army.
(d) Children.

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

10. The magistrate is released from prison without any means of ____________ at this time.
(a) Leadership.
(b) Going to court.
(c) Survival.
(d) Home.

11. The barbarians appear in other places, being cheated as they try to trade with _____________, according to the magistrate's observations.
(a) Children.
(b) Fish.
(c) Gold.
(d) Leather.

12. Unhappy with their relationship, the native girl used to ____________ to deal with the confusion and the pain.
(a) Cry.
(b) Sleep with other men.
(c) Take drugs.
(d) Run away.

13. What is NOT one of the things the magistrate feels the Empire is condoning as a part of this conflicted time?
(a) Stealing of money.
(b) Deaths of civilians.
(c) Raping of women.
(d) Destruction of property.

14. The magistrate does not think his record in the imperial post would include a recollection of _______________.
(a) Conflicts.
(b) Money.
(c) Women.
(d) Events.

15. The girl that the magistrate loved became less and less of a ___________ when she was being tortured by the army.
(a) Object.
(b) Lover.
(c) Concept.
(d) Human.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the girl who the magistrate seeks out in order to help him with his tension?

2. The soldiers use a _________ to search the empty huts that belong to the fishermen who are living nearby.

3. _______________ barricade the gates in order to protect themselves from the approach of the barbarians.

4. The magistrate asks Mandel how he can __________ and get on with his life as the people are being tortured.

5. What does the magistrate return to the crowd with after he can't stand to see the sight of the natives at first?

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