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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. Rumors begin to spread that the barbarians are thinking about threatening the _____________ during their actions.
(a) Magistrate.
(b) Colonel.
(c) Colony.
(d) Empire.

2. Over time, the magistrate begins to feel less attracted to ____________ and questions why she's in his house.
(a) The nurse.
(b) The child.
(c) The lover.
(d) The maid.

3. The Colonel brings back a large group of prisoners who turn out to be a group of _______________.
(a) Farmers.
(b) Fishermen.
(c) Barbarians.
(d) Women.

4. What does the magistrate offer in exchange for the horses of the barbarians, though they refuse to do so?
(a) Bronze.
(b) Food.
(c) Gold.
(d) Silver.

5. The Colonel uses the _____________ to organize a raid on the barbarians and to begin fighting back in the uprising.
(a) Money.
(b) Boy.
(c) Map.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has sent the Colonel to the area where the magistrate is in charge so that he can look into rumors that have spread?

2. The magistrate wants to inform the ___________ about the trip he is going to take with the girl, but decides to not do so.

3. Various measures are undertaken in anticipation of barbarian attacks, such as ___________ and vigilance.

4. Who does the magistrate find to be sleeping when he visits the family the following day?

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

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 to the family that the Colonel wants to interrogate when they come into town?

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

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

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

6. What does the boy admit to when he is being interrogated by the Colonel during the beginning of the book?

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

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

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

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

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