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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 blind girl seem to agree to do on a daily basis, though there has been no conversation?

2. With the alleged barbarian uprising, the magistrate is unable to remain _______________ in the issues which take place.

3. Who does the magistrate find to be sleeping when he visits the family the following day?

4. The girl says that she doesn't like _____________ and wants to stay with her own people.

5. The magistrate believes that the barbarians only different in their tolerance for ___________ and slovenliness, and the magistrate admires them.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does the Colonel interrogate the fishermen about when he brings them in for questioning after their capture?

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

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 find when he goes to visit the family who has been tortured by the Colonel?

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

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 magistrate ends up helping a girl who is blind, taking her into his home and making her his maid.

Part 1: Why do you think the magistrate wants to take in the blind girl?

Part 2: Why do you think the magistrate picks this girl out of all the others who are suffering?

Part 3: Would you have picked up a person from the side of the road to take into your home? Why or why not?

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