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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. What is the name of the Colonel who likes to interrogate people of interest by using harsh torture methods?
(a) Joll.
(b) Gole.
(c) Hamp.
(d) God.

2. ______________ washes and bathes the blind girl each and every day, though it leaves this person feeling confused.
(a) The Colonel.
(b) The magistrate.
(c) The nursemaid.
(d) The soldier.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the group returns back to the settlement, they are greeted by a group of ______________.

3. Over time, the magistrate begins to feel less attracted to ____________ and questions why she's in his house.

4. What did the torturers use in order to blind the girl who is now working for the magistrate in his home?

5. Where are the prisoners placed in order to keep them from escaping from the colonial town?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does the magistrate want to notify the Bureau about the trip that he is taking with the girl?

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