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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. The blind girl feels ____________ of the work that she has been given, so she runs away from the magistrate's home.
(a) Incapable.
(b) Unable to handle all.
(c) Unworthy.
(d) Unwilling to do all.

2. The magistrate is upset about incidents between the soldiers and the prisoners especially when _________________.
(a) One of the babies dies.
(b) The guns go missing.
(c) The sun sets.
(d) The meals are served.

3. What kind of uprising is a part of the rumors which are being investigated in the area where the magistrate is?
(a) Useless.
(b) Barbarian.
(c) Army.
(d) Women.

4. The magistrate shows the _______________ to the Colonel when the Colonel is in the town for a visit.
(a) Garrison.
(b) Barracks.
(c) Ships.
(d) Palace.

5. What is the magistrate unable to provide when the girl asks him why he wants her to be back with him?
(a) A promise of love.
(b) A lie.
(c) A bag of food.
(d) A straight answer.

Short Answer Questions

1. ___________ avoids sleeping with the others in the same tent on the way back from their trip.

2. The magistrate questions where torture is a ______________ method of eliciting information from the prisoners.

3. What does the magistrate offer in exchange for the horses of the barbarians, though they refuse to do so?

4. The barbarians are not interested in the ___________ they used to engage in until they started drinking and causing trouble.

5. The Colonel likes to use various stages of torture when he interrogates people, increasing the _________ at each stage.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Colonel interrogate the fishermen about when he brings them in for questioning after their capture?

2. Why was Colonel Joll send to the area where the Magistrate is in charge at the start of the story?

3. What happens when the group encounters a strong storm right before they reach the mountains?

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

5. What happens to the family that the Colonel wants to interrogate when they come into town?

6. What happens when there is little food left after eight days of travel in the mountains?

7. What does the magistrate want the girl to make her own decision about when it comes to the end of the journey?

8. What does the magistrate find about the girl when they are performing the bathing ritual together day after day?

9. What happens when the group encounters some indigenous people as they are traveling on the tenth day?

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

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