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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the magistrate return to the crowd with after he can't stand to see the sight of the natives at first?
(a) Chain.
(b) Gun.
(c) Bucket of water.
(d) Knife.

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

3. Where does the magistrate first go when he decides that he wants to leave the settlement?
(a) A fruit store.
(b) Mountain.
(c) Girl's grave.
(d) Lakeside.

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

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

6. Some of the ____________ decide to leave because of the rumors which begin to spread in the settlement.
(a) Women.
(b) Settlers.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Barbarians.

7. _____________ spreads among the soldiers in response to the new news about the barbarians and their actions.
(a) Sickness.
(b) Abandonment.
(c) Terror.
(d) Drunkenness.

8. What do Colonel Joll and his men find when they come into town for food and for new horses?
(a) Barbarians.
(b) A fire.
(c) Only women and children.
(d) Empty stables.

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

10. With _________ men guarding the town, the magistrate assumes the leadership in town along with legal administration.
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Ten.
(d) Two.

11. What does the magistrate end up suffering through when he sneaks into a girl's bedroom in order to hide?
(a) A man's accusations that he killed someone.
(b) Torture.
(c) Being under the bed while two people have sex.
(d) The girl's cries for freedom.

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

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

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

15. What do two barbarian men bring into the settlement on a horse in order to inspire fear in the people?
(a) A dead horse.
(b) Severed limbs.
(c) Dead man.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. The magistrate decides all he can do is to go on living even though his journey may be ________________.

2. The magistrate is ashamed of the impact that the Empire had on the _____________________.

3. Even when one of the soldiers is injured during the search for barbarians, the only soldiers just ____________ in response.

4. The girl the magistrate seeks out is helping her ______________ while taking care of her babies.

5. Children gather __________ which are then smoked and packed away for the coming months and seasons.

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