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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the magistrate deprived of when he is imprisoned for his various accusations and alleged crimes?
(a) Water.
(b) Spare clothing.
(c) Company.
(d) Food.

3. The magistrate would have to consider performing his duties with caution as __________________ is quickly forgotten in outback places.
(a) Resilience.
(b) Martyrdom.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Bravery.

4. The magistrate's sexual tension remains, even though he used ____________ to help combat the problem.
(a) Ginger.
(b) Water.
(c) Ashes.
(d) Milkroot.

5. What is NOT one of the magistrate's old hobbies that he takes up after deciding to swear off women?
(a) Looking at ancient writing.
(b) Collecting stones.
(c) Collecting bones.
(d) Deciphering writing.

6. The _____________ control the town, being regarded as the only protection from the barbarians who still threaten the area.
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Women.
(c) Children.
(d) Magistrates.

7. While the magistrate is forced to live on the street, the barbarians hide while their ____________ are being destroyed.
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Huts.
(c) Families.
(d) Weapons.

8. The magistrate's lack of ___________ encourages endless analysis of what's happened and what might happen.
(a) Books.
(b) Food.
(c) Activity.
(d) Company.

9. The magistrate is also questioned about his relationship to _______________ during his accusations.
(a) The church.
(b) The Colonel.
(c) A street woman.
(d) A soldier.

10. The magistrate lives from ___________________, getting supplies from friends and from women he used to know well.
(a) City to city.
(b) The trash.
(c) Meal to meal.
(d) The church.

11. The soldiers use a _________ to search the empty huts that belong to the fishermen who are living nearby.
(a) Gun.
(b) Stick.
(c) Torch.
(d) Dog.

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

13. What happens to the magistrate when he makes the accusation he does in #92?
(a) He is imprisoned.
(b) He is killed.
(c) He is sent away.
(d) He is promoted.

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

15. The magistrate asks Mandel how he can __________ and get on with his life as the people are being tortured.
(a) Eat.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Smile.
(d) Command.

Short Answer Questions

1. The girl expresses concern about living in ___________________ for her and for her child's life.

2. The magistrate realizes that visiting the women was a mistake and that he should just _________________.

3. The magistrate recovers, finding himself interested in ___________ again during the new period of time in the settlement.

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

5. The magistrate decides it is best not to _______________ and to focus instead on what can be changed.

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