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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. After _________ days of traveling together, there is little food left in the supplies of the group.
(a) Two.
(b) Eight.
(c) Ten.
(d) Four.

2. The bulk of the story seems to be centered in what location in the world, according to the book notes?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Asia.
(c) Australia.
(d) India.

3. When the winter finally ends, the ___________ trapping can begin again, according to this section of the story.
(a) Barbarian.
(b) Women.
(c) Animal.
(d) Children.

4. The magistrate wants to inform the ___________ about the trip he is going to take with the girl, but decides to not do so.
(a) Women.
(b) Family.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Bureau.

5. The magistrate is worried that the answers the prisoners give while being tortured are only what the Colonel _______________.
(a) Already knows.
(b) Wants to hear.
(c) Has said already.
(d) Tells the army.

Short Answer Questions

1. The magistrate finds a blind girl begging on the street for ____________ on a cold winter day.

2. The magistrate separates their _____________ and begins to resume his normal social life.

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

4. What does the group end up losing in the winds of a fierce storm, never to recover it again?

5. Who is imprisoned on the way into town, though this prisoner(s) does not seem like a likely candidate for a spy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the magistrate nervous about leaving his position even as he is approaching retirement?

2. What causes troubles when the fishermen are put into the barracks together, causing problems for the magistrate?

3. What are some of the hobbies that the magistrate decides to take up again even though he should be preparing for attacks?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does the blind girl leave the magistrate's house after he offers her a job in his home?

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

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