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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 girl says that she doesn't like _____________ and wants to stay with her own people.
(a) The food.
(b) The magistrate.
(c) The settlement.
(d) The army.

2. Who is imprisoned on the way into town, though this prisoner(s) does not seem like a likely candidate for a spy?
(a) Family.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Small boy.
(d) Soldier.

3. In order to shorten their trip, the magistrate and the soldiers decide to take a path that has ___________________.
(a) Underground portions.
(b) Never been previously attempted.
(c) Been used quite often.
(d) Clean water.

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

5. The barbarians stay away from the town during the winter months, dealing with the _____________.
(a) Cold.
(b) Warmth.
(c) Lack of sun.
(d) Lack of supplies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the magistrate reaching, which makes the reader think that he might be older than others in the book?

3. What do the men think is associated with bad luck, so they have to perform a purification ritual before continuing on?

4. Once the group leaves the lake conditions, they have to kill one of ______________ that refuses to rise from the ground.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does the magistrate think that barbarians are always causing trouble, though they avoid fighting in the winter months?

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

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

9. What does the blind girl admit to the magistrate as the reason why she stays with him?

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

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