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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 offer in exchange for the horses of the barbarians, though they refuse to do so?

2. What is the name of the Colonel who likes to interrogate people of interest by using harsh torture methods?

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

4. The blind girl feels ____________ of the work that she has been given, so she runs away from the magistrate's home.

5. ______________ washes and bathes the blind girl each and every day, though it leaves this person feeling confused.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The magistrate decides to bring the girl back to her family as he's fed up with her and with her relationship.

Part 1: Why do you think the magistrate thought it was best to bring the girl back to her family?

Part 2: Do you think that it was a good idea for the magistrate to bring the girl back to her family? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think the magistrate's life would have been different had he not tried to bring the girl back to her family?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Even children are being tortured during the atrocities in this African novel.

Part 1: Why do you think that even children are being tortured during this time?

Part 2: Do you think it's right to torture children during times of war? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think children should be treated in times of war? Why?

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