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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. What does the magistrate worry will hurt the girl once it begins to take hold of the area?

2. ______________wants to distance himself from all of the killing before his retirement begins to be a reality.

3. What kind of uprising is a part of the rumors which are being investigated in the area where the magistrate is?

4. Who does the magistrate blame for all of the trouble that is happening among the people who are prisoners?

5. The blind girl admits that she stays with the magistrate because she has no ______________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the magistrate want the girl to make her own decision about when it comes to the end of the journey?

2. What are some of the hobbies that the magistrate decides to take up again even though he should be preparing for attacks?

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

4. What happens to the family that the Colonel wants to interrogate when they come into town?

5. Why was Colonel Joll send to the area where the Magistrate is in charge at the start of the story?

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

7. What makes the blind girl on the street even more pitiful to the magistrate when he sees her for the first time?

8. What happens when the girl in the group gets her period and is unable to hide it from the others?

9. Why does the blind girl leave the magistrate's house after he offers her a job in his home?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The sexual tension between the magistrate and the blind girl causes the magistrate to distance himself from the girl.

Part 1: Why do you think that the magistrate is so attracted to the blind girl?

Part 2: Does it make sense that the sexual frustration pushes the magistrate away?

Part 3: Why do you think that the magistrate and the blind girl don't just consummate their relationship?

Essay Topic 2

The barbarians are stealing from others and inspiring fear wherever they go.

Part 1: Why do you think the barbarians are able to inspire fear among the people?

Part 2: How do you think the barbarians can be stopped? Or can't they?

Part 3: Why do you think that the barbarians are trying to steal from others and to take over the countryside?

Essay Topic 3

The Colonel seems to be a man who likes to torture others in order to get answers from others.

Part 1: Why do you think torture is used to get answers from others?

Part 2: Do you think that torture is an effective way to get answers from others? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think the torture is affecting the people who are not being tortured?

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