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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. When the magistrate leaves the girl's apartment, he proceeds toward the ____________ gate where he goes unrecognized.

2. The magistrate is also questioned about his relationship to _______________ during his accusations.

3. The barbarians lured the army into the ____________ cutting the horses loose along the way and vanished.

4. The barbarians appear in other places, being cheated as they try to trade with _____________, according to the magistrate's observations.

5. What happens to the magistrate when he makes the accusation he does in #92?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the magistrate attempt to do in order to control his erections?

2. What happens when the magistrate shouts out in protest during some tortures?

3. When does the magistrate believe the barbarians might be able to be defeated?

4. What does the magistrate think he might write down if he were to write a record of the imperial post?

5. What does the magistrate learn about his status when he says he cannot be in power because he is awaiting trial?

6. What does the magistrate try to explain to the soldiers about the huts and the people who live in them?

7. What is the sight that inspires fear and panic in the town as the magistrate describes in the story?

8. Why does Colonel Joll come to the town where the magistrate is now in control?

9. What do the people learn about the barbarians who lured the army into the desert?

10. What happens when the magistrate meets up with the warrant officer from the Third Bureau?

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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