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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The magistrate realizes that visiting the women was a mistake and that he should just _________________.
(a) Be quiet.
(b) Sleep alone.
(c) Make his own decisions.
(d) Mind his own business.

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

3. The magistrate tries to explain that the people who live in the huts hide from the barbarians in the ______________.
(a) Woods.
(b) Mountains.
(c) Shelters.
(d) Reed.

4. No one wants to ___________ after the fishermen claim to have seen the barbarians nearby in the area.
(a) Farm.
(b) Leave town.
(c) Gather water.
(d) Gather wood.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The magistrate is also accused of making a trip to inform the ___________________ about the campaign against them.

2. The magistrate is also questioned about his relationship to _______________ during his accusations.

3. ________________ Mandel want the magistrate to get back to work in the settlement, according to the story.

4. The officer the magistrate has spoken with seems to be equally capable of ___________ as of fulfilling his duties.

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

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