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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 NOT one of the things the soldiers bring with them when they depart the settlement with Mandel?
(a) Men.
(b) Women.
(c) Children.
(d) Sheep.

2. The magistrate has misgivings about the native girl regretting his failure to _______________.
(a) Keep her in his home.
(b) Understand her.
(c) Marry her.
(d) Be with her.

3. How does the magistrate end up escaping from his prison cell one day, though he returns later on?
(a) Open window.
(b) He picked the lock.
(c) He dug a hole outside.
(d) He tricked a guard.

4. When the magistrate returns to his cell, the guard warns him that he should remain silent about his ___________.
(a) Sex life.
(b) Escape.
(c) Position.
(d) Charges.

5. What does the magistrate notice that makes him realize that he can not survive there?
(a) The many guards.
(b) Ruined crops.
(c) A barren silo.
(d) A raging illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. The magistrate lives from ___________________, getting supplies from friends and from women he used to know well.

2. The magistrate thinks the ___________ creates opportunities for both justice and injustice.

3. During Mandel's speech, some of his men return with ___________, including hens and cocks which are placed into the oven.

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

5. The barbarians inspire fear which then turns into _____________ when they come at night and steal things they need.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Colonel Joll come to the town where the magistrate is now in control?

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

3. What does the magistrate advise the people of the town to do in order to make it through the winter?

4. What does Mai tell the magistrate about the girl who used to live with him there?

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

6. What happens when the magistrate meets up with the warrant officer from the Third Bureau?

7. What happens to the way the magistrate looks at the girl who he used to take pity on when she is tortured?

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

9. Why doesn't anyone want to gather wood in the area where the magistrate is now in control?

10. How does the magistrate suffer when he is imprisoned during his time in his cell?

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