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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. The magistrate has disagreements with the _____________ while new conscripts arrive to replace old soldiers.

2. Where are the prisoners placed in order to keep them from escaping from the colonial town?

3. Who is NOT in the group of people who are interrogated after being picked up on their way into town?

4. After _________ days of traveling together, there is little food left in the supplies of the group.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When does the magistrate ask about the injuries the girl has suffered once she is back in his home?

4. Why does the magistrate think that barbarians are always causing trouble, though they avoid fighting in the winter months?

5. What does the magistrate decide to do as he feels frustrated with the relationship between him and he girl?

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

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

8. What does the magistrate doubt about the Empire, as he thinks about the way they are handling the barbarians?

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

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

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

When the girl asks the magistrate whether he wants her back, he can not give her a straight answer.

Part 1: Why do you think the magistrate is unable to decide whether he wants the girl or not?

Part 2: Do you think the girl wants to be with the magistrate as they grow closer during their journey? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think the magistrate and the girl would fare if they both admitted their feelings for each other?

Essay Topic 3

The Colonel was sent to investigate rumors in the location so as to settle the area and to make things easier for the uprising.

Part 1: Why do you think rumors are so dangerous in times of war?

Part 2: Do you think that rumors can ever be completely dispelled?

Part 3: Do you listen to all of the rumors you hear? Why or why not?

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