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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 magistrate questions where torture is a ______________ method of eliciting information from the prisoners.
(a) Reliable.
(b) Helpful.
(c) Viable.
(d) Engaging.

2. What does the girl get that she is unable to hide from the others, leading to a series of events?
(a) A sunburn.
(b) A sprained ankle.
(c) A knife.
(d) Period.

3. The group begins their journey by traveling to the ___________ and then the valleys, where the nomads usually travel.
(a) Plain.
(b) Cave.
(c) Desert.
(d) Mountain.

4. Where are the prisoners placed in order to keep them from escaping from the colonial town?
(a) Factory.
(b) Stocks.
(c) Schoolhouse.
(d) Barracks.

5. A magistrate is in charge of administering the _____________ in a colonial town at the start of this story.
(a) Drugs.
(b) Security checks.
(c) Food stamps.
(d) Law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the blind girl seem to agree to do on a daily basis, though there has been no conversation?

2. What does one of the soldiers injure on their way back to the settlement after the journey?

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

4. Who is NOT in the group of people who are interrogated after being picked up on their way into town?

5. The relationship the magistrate has with the __________ remains the same - distant and indifferent.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What happens to the feelings the magistrate has about the girl as their journey continues on?

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

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

10. What does the magistrate decide to do as he feels frustrated with the relationship between him and he girl?

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