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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Various measures are undertaken in anticipation of barbarian attacks, such as ___________ and vigilance.
(a) Raids.
(b) Torture.
(c) Rallies.
(d) Signs.

2. When the group returns back to the settlement, they are greeted by a group of ______________.
(a) Priests.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Women.
(d) Children.

3. When the blind girl finally tells the magistrate that she is willing to ____________, he finds himself to be indifferent.
(a) Have sex.
(b) Work harder.
(c) Leave.
(d) Marry him.

4. Who is imprisoned on the way into town, though this prisoner(s) does not seem like a likely candidate for a spy?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Family.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Small boy.

5. Even though the winter has passed, the wind blowing through the ice makes ___________ difficult for the men.
(a) Riding.
(b) Eating.
(c) Walking.
(d) Breathing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What keeps the magistrate up at night during the time when the Colonel is interrogating the many prisoners?

2. Is the girl who works for the magistrate completely blind because of her interrogation torture?

3. The magistrate thinks the barbarians became corrupted because they lost their _________ somewhere along the way.

4. The magistrate believes that the barbarians only different in their tolerance for ___________ and slovenliness, and the magistrate admires them.

5. The blind girl feels ____________ of the work that she has been given, so she runs away from the magistrate's home.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the magistrate decide to offer the blind girl a chance to work in his home for the winter?

2. What happens with the girl as they continue on their trip together through the mountains?

3. What is the difference between the communication style of the magistrate and the blind girl in his home?

4. What does the magistrate feel about the blind girl he sees on the street at the beginning of this section of the book?

5. What does the magistrate doubt about the Empire, as he thinks about the way they are handling the barbarians?

6. What is the result of the raid that the Colonel tries to arrange with the help of the boy who he has interrogated?

7. What happens when the girl in the group gets her period and is unable to hide it from the others?

8. What do the magistrate and the four soldiers do in order to make the trip to the mountains a bit shorter?

9. What makes the blind girl on the street even more pitiful to the magistrate when he sees her for the first time?

10. Why is the magistrate unable to remain uninvolved during the alleged barbarian uprising?

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