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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 soldiers use a _________ to search the empty huts that belong to the fishermen who are living nearby.
(a) Dog.
(b) Torch.
(c) Gun.
(d) Stick.

2. The magistrate realizes that visiting the women was a mistake and that he should just _________________.
(a) Make his own decisions.
(b) Sleep alone.
(c) Be quiet.
(d) Mind his own business.

3. The magistrate finds out that one of the charges against him involves __________ irregularities.
(a) Land.
(b) Food.
(c) Account.
(d) Horse.

4. ______________ who pass by every now and then move them as if the soldiers move the items as though the soldiers moved.
(a) Men.
(b) Women.
(c) Children.
(d) Priests.

5. The girl the magistrate seeks out is helping her ______________ while taking care of her babies.
(a) Brother.
(b) Cousin.
(c) Sister.
(d) Mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. The _____________ control the town, being regarded as the only protection from the barbarians who still threaten the area.

2. The magistrate thinks that his method of recording information now would include ______________ through seasons and nature.

3. The barbarians appear in other places, being cheated as they try to trade with _____________, according to the magistrate's observations.

4. The magistrate has misgivings about the native girl regretting his failure to _______________.

5. The magistrate is also questioned about his relationship to _______________ during his accusations.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the magistrate feeling regret about as he is settling into a new life of survival?

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

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

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

9. What is regarded as the only form of protection from the barbarians, causing the town to shift in terms of population and control?

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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