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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 doubtful of his ability to instill ______________ when excising his judicial duties.
(a) Truth.
(b) Honor.
(c) Peace.
(d) Justice.

2. The power of the Empire is derived from the infliction of pain on the ___________, a sign of victory over this group.
(a) Women.
(b) Enemy.
(c) Civilians.
(d) Disobedient.

3. The magistrate is released from prison without any means of ____________ at this time.
(a) Going to court.
(b) Home.
(c) Survival.
(d) Leadership.

4. The magistrate's lack of ___________ encourages endless analysis of what's happened and what might happen.
(a) Activity.
(b) Books.
(c) Food.
(d) Company.

5. What do Colonel Joll and his men find when they come into town for food and for new horses?
(a) Only women and children.
(b) A fire.
(c) Barbarians.
(d) Empty stables.

Short Answer Questions

1. What destroys wildlife and creates more opportunities for the desert to advance into the area?

2. The magistrate asks Mandel how he can __________ and get on with his life as the people are being tortured.

3. The magistrate recovers, finding himself interested in ___________ again during the new period of time in the settlement.

4. Colonel Joll approaches the prisoners and uses dust to write the word ______________ on their backs.

5. When the magistrate shouts in protest of what is happening, a solider hits him in the _______________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens to the magistrate as a result of not having any activities to do during his captivity?

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

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

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

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

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

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