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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. Which of the following is not a threat that the Thugs make against the Doctor's Wife?
2. Whose lodging does that group decide to skip on their journey?
3. What does each member of the sieging group carry with her?
4. One of the Thugs is blind from birth - not from the epidemic. What is he called by his cohorts?
5. At the beginning of Chapter 9, approximately how many internees are in quarantine?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what state do the Doctor and his Wife find the Gaunt Old Woman when they approach her building?
2. Why would the Doctor's Wife's mentioning to the stranger she meets that she is going home reveal that she can see?
3. Why doesn't the Doctor's Wife tell the other inmates that she can see?
4. How does the Writer go about writing without his sight?
5. What arrangement do the Thugs make for payment?
6. Describe the Thugs' ward.
7. Describe the scene in the Thug's Ward immediately after the Doctor's Wife kills their leader.
8. Describe the old woman with insomnia in Chapter 9.
9. What is the result of the other wards having given the Thugs all their valuables at once?
10. How do the Thugs keep track of their earnings?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose one of the following topics to discuss in essay form:
1.) What qualities - besides her ability to see - make the Doctor's Wife a good leader to the group after they leave quarantine? How does she develop these leadership qualities and what are their limits?
2.) What aspects of the government's plan prove to be erroneous? Do you think government officials lacked suitable leadership in dealing with the white sickness, or were events simply too powerful for any leader?
3.) Had a different person from the Leader of the Thugs had a gun and taken control of the food supplies, could the result have been positive? Could order, cleanliness and fair distribution come about, or does absolute power corrupt absolutely?
Essay Topic 2
Consider the government's plan for dealing with the white sickness. Knowing what transpires as time goes on, what steps could be taken to avoid the spread of the disease? If none, what course of action could have been taken to protect the population of the unnamed country?
Essay Topic 3
Jose Saramago writes his parable without any proper names. How does affect he telling of the story and the readers attitude toward the characters. Cite three characters and describe an initial impression of the person based solely on his/her "name." Go on to describe the journey of that character through the story and how he/she does or does not confound expectations.
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