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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 is also accused of making a trip to inform the ___________________ about the campaign against them.
(a) Army.
(b) Children.
(c) Barbarians.
(d) Other settlements.

2. The barbarians appear in other places, being cheated as they try to trade with _____________, according to the magistrate's observations.
(a) Fish.
(b) Leather.
(c) Children.
(d) Gold.

3. What do people throw at Colonel Joll's carriage when he and his men decide to leave?
(a) Stones.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Tomatoes.
(d) Fish.

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) Priests.
(c) Women.
(d) Children.

5. The magistrate finds it difficult to get used to ______________ in the humiliation of his imprisonment.
(a) Having company.
(b) Sharing a room.
(c) Not having anything to do.
(d) Simple food.

Short Answer Questions

1. The soldiers use a _________ to search the empty huts that belong to the fishermen who are living nearby.

2. ____________ are placed alongside the rampart to simulate the presence of armies in the town.

3. What does the magistrate notice that makes him realize that he can not survive there?

4. More ____________ are built for the barbarians tortured in front of their relatives as the story goes on.

5. Unhappy with their relationship, the native girl used to ____________ to deal with the confusion and the pain.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to the barbarians when they are locked up in their cells, according to the events the magistrate has witnessed?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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