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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. Men who dig wells in the area find __________________ behind the barracks in a place that seems to be a grave.
(a) Children's bones.
(b) Tombs.
(c) Women's bones.
(d) Clothing.

2. The magistrate's sexual tension remains, even though he used ____________ to help combat the problem.
(a) Ashes.
(b) Milkroot.
(c) Ginger.
(d) Water.

3. Only when the barbarians realize they cannot live without the skills of the ____________, perhaps then they can be won.
(a) Colonel.
(b) Herbalist.
(c) White men.
(d) Magistrate.

4. When the magistrate tells Mandel that he is still awaiting trial, the magistrate learns there are no ____________ of him at all.
(a) Witnesses.
(b) Pictures.
(c) Records.
(d) Rumors.

5. The magistrate thinks the ___________ creates opportunities for both justice and injustice.
(a) Colonel.
(b) Law.
(c) Soldier's code.
(d) Barbaric conflict.

Short Answer Questions

1. The magistrate accuses the ______ of triggering conflicts, being more barbaric than the barbarians themselves.

2. Colonel Joll approaches the prisoners and uses dust to write the word ______________ on their backs.

3. Where does Mandel hit the magistrate when the magistrate speaks up with his query in question #130?

4. The magistrate finds out that one of the charges against him involves __________ irregularities.

5. What does the magistrate demand in order to answer the accusations which are made against him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the magistrate as a result of not having any activities to do during his captivity?

2. What does the magistrate think he might write down if he were to write a record of the imperial post?

3. What do the men who are digging the wells find when they are beginning the process of constructing new wells?

4. Why is the magistrate at odds with Mandel the policeman in the city where he is living?

5. What begins to spread among the soldiers as the rumors of the barbarians begin to spread more rapidly?

6. What does the magistrate witness when he leaves the settlement and gets through the gate to get to the lakeside?

7. What do the people learn about the barbarians who lured the army into the desert?

8. When does the magistrate believe the barbarians might be able to be defeated?

9. What happens with the fire that is being set along the riverbanks?

10. What does the magistrate learn when he finally gets through the gate in order to leave?

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