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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 magistrate wanted to point out that it was worse to damage one's _____________ than to go ahead and to kill them.
(a) Feet.
(b) Cheek.
(c) Chest.
(d) Back.

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

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

4. The _________ is set to assure protection cleaning the river banks at the same time for the army and its members.
(a) Smoke.
(b) Settlement.
(c) Wall.
(d) Fire.

5. The troops return from their mission with the natives who have their cheeks and their wrists ____________.
(a) Bruised.
(b) Cut off.
(c) Burned.
(d) Wired.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do people throw at Colonel Joll's carriage when he and his men decide to leave?

2. The magistrate is released from prison without any means of ____________ at this time.

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

4. The girl tells the magistrate that the native girl never knew what he _____________ of her and was never able to understand him.

5. The magistrate decides all he can do is to go on living even though his journey may be ________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the magistrate falls asleep in the room of one of the girls he used to sleep with?

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

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

4. What does the magistrate try to explain to the soldiers about the huts and the people who live in them?

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

6. What are some of the hobbies that the magistrate goes back to after visiting and sleeping with Mai?

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

8. What is the sight that inspires fear and panic in the town as the magistrate describes in the story?

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

10. What does the magistrate begin to believe about the consistency of the law as seen in the cases he has previously conducted?

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