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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the group encounter on their tenth day of traveling in the wilderness?

2. The group at the entrance of the settlement appears to be a ___________, but this is not what they actually are.

3. The Colonel uses the _____________ to organize a raid on the barbarians and to begin fighting back in the uprising.

4. What is NOT one of the hobbies that the magistrate returns to once the weather begins to turn cooler?

5. What is the magistrate reaching, which makes the reader think that he might be older than others in the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the group encounters a strong storm right before they reach the mountains?

2. What causes troubles when the fishermen are put into the barracks together, causing problems for the magistrate?

3. What does the magistrate find when he goes to visit the family who has been tortured by the Colonel?

4. Why is the magistrate unable to remain uninvolved during the alleged barbarian uprising?

5. What does the blind girl admit to the magistrate as the reason why she stays with him?

6. What does the magistrate find about the girl when they are performing the bathing ritual together day after day?

7. What do the magistrate and the four soldiers do in order to make the trip to the mountains a bit shorter?

8. What happens to the feelings the magistrate has about the girl as their journey continues on?

9. What does the magistrate feel about the blind girl he sees on the street at the beginning of this section of the book?

10. What does the boy admit to when he is being interrogated by the Colonel during the beginning of the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The journey to take the girl back to her people seems to create a lot of conflict and doubt within the group.

Part 1: Do you think the journey was necessary for the story to progress? Why or why not?

Part 2: How do you think the magistrate changes during the course of this trip?

Part 3: Do you think that the magistrate needed to go on this journey with the others? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The magistrate is supposed to have a trial in order to have issues about his performance handled, but the colonel does not want this to happen.

Part 1: Why do you think the magistrate wants to have his case handled by a trial?

Part 2: How do you think the problems of a magistrate should be handled?

Part 3: Why do you think the colonel doesn't want a trial to happen?

Essay Topic 3

The men began to strike back at the Colonel, which seems to drive him away.

Part 1: Why do you think that the people felt comfortable enough to throw stones at the Colonel?

Part 2: Do you think that the people had a right to fight back against the Colonel? Why or why not?

Part 3: Do you think that you would ever throw stones at a political leader or other person in power?

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