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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following is not among the rules announced to the inmates?
(a) The inmates are forbidden to organize
(b) Inmates must bury their own dead
(c) Food will be delivered three times daily
(d) Lights will remain on at all times
2. Which newly blind character arrives in the first ward at the end of the chapter?
(a) The Sergeant
(b) The Man with the eye patch
(c) The Hotel Clerk
(d) The Thief's Wife
3. To what part of a car does the Doctor compare the eyes?
(a) Headlight
(b) Engine
(c) Carburetor
(d) Bumper
4. What does the Doctor's Wife find in a cupboard in the quarantine?
(a) Tins of milk
(b) Strait-jackets
(c) Old towels and tissue paper
(d) A dead animal
5. What does the Doctor request of the soldiers?
(a) Antibiotics
(b) More food
(c) Clean water
(d) Pain killers
Short Answer Questions
1. Who comes to the First Man's aid when the Thief accuses him of causing everyone's blindness?
2. What does the First Man use to dress his wounded hand?
3. What aggravates the Doctor in his call with the Ministry of Health?
4. What valuable piece of information does the Doctor's Wife take from the radio?
5. Who is forced to assist in the goading forward of new internees?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the Thief suffer an injury?
2. Who in the first ward dies in the hail of fire?
3. Describe the state of the dormitory at the end of Chapter 6.
4. What is the Thief's reaction to the suggestion that the Doctor be leader of the quarantined inmates?
5. What appears to be the pattern for the spread of blindness in the novel?
6. Does the Doctor have an explanation for the First Man's sudden blindness?
7. Describe the First Man's Wife's reaction to her husband when she comes home.
8. How does the Man with the Eye-Patch describe the state of the outside world?
9. Describe the final moments of the Thief's life.
10. Describe the Girl with Dark Glasses' attitude toward her work.
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