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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) General.
(b) Colonel.
(c) Policeman.
(d) Admiral.

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

3. As the magistrate sits and thinks about his feelings for the native girl, he questions his ____________ for her.
(a) Pity.
(b) Honor.
(c) Wonder.
(d) Love.

4. People in town as well as the ___________ living nearby live in fear of barbarian attacks.
(a) Fishermen.
(b) Armies.
(c) Guilds.
(d) Priests.

5. What do people throw at Colonel Joll's carriage when he and his men decide to leave?
(a) Fish.
(b) Stones.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Tomatoes.

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

7. The magistrate is ashamed of the impact that the Empire had on the _____________________.
(a) Women.
(b) Treasury.
(c) Safety of his people.
(d) Barbarian population.

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

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

10. ____________ are placed alongside the rampart to simulate the presence of armies in the town.
(a) Helmets.
(b) Swords.
(c) Shields.
(d) Flags.

11. What does the magistrate demand in order to answer the accusations which are made against him?
(a) A barbarian jury.
(b) Proper court.
(c) A tribunal.
(d) A lawyer.

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

13. What happens to make surviving tougher during this particular section of the book and the story?
(a) Winter.
(b) Plague.
(c) Lack of medicine.
(d) Pregnancies.

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

15. The magistrate learns that no one knows what happened to the ____________ who were unable to stay together.
(a) Families.
(b) Barbarians.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. The troops return from their mission with the natives who have their cheeks and their wrists ____________.

2. Where does Mandel hit the magistrate when the magistrate speaks up with his query in question #130?

3. The _________ is set to assure protection cleaning the river banks at the same time for the army and its members.

4. The soldiers were left by the barbarians to freeze in the _____________ and to starve in the desert.

5. The barbarians lured the army into the ____________ cutting the horses loose along the way and vanished.

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