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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 prefers to bear the ___________ himself rather than to leave it for someone else to bear.
(a) Burden.
(b) Torture.
(c) Barbarians.
(d) Truth.

2. What do two barbarian men bring into the settlement on a horse in order to inspire fear in the people?
(a) Severed limbs.
(b) A dead horse.
(c) Food.
(d) Dead man.

3. The magistrate accuses the ______ of triggering conflicts, being more barbaric than the barbarians themselves.
(a) Army.
(b) Footsoldiers.
(c) People.
(d) Colonel Joll.

4. _______________ barricade the gates in order to protect themselves from the approach of the barbarians.
(a) The people.
(b) The army.
(c) The militia.
(d) The children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the things the soldiers bring with them when they depart the settlement with Mandel?

2. Only when the barbarians realize they cannot live without the skills of the ____________, perhaps then they can be won.

3. What is the magistrate deprived of when he is imprisoned for his various accusations and alleged crimes?

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

5. As the magistrate sits and thinks about his feelings for the native girl, he questions his ____________ for her.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when the magistrate shouts out in protest during some tortures?

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

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

6. How do the barbarians inspire fear which eventually turns into paranoia?

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

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

9. What does the Colonel do to the natives who have their cheeks wired and their wrists wired?

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

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