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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lanser's position in the military?
(a) Sergeant.
(b) Lietenant.
(c) Major.
(d) Colonel.

2. What was Bentick killed with?
(a) A gun.
(b) A pickaxe.
(c) A knife.
(d) A block of wood.

3. How long does Alex have between his trial and his execution?
(a) A few minutes.
(b) A day.
(c) A week.
(d) An hour.

4. What does Winter say the town will always fight for?
(a) Courage.
(b) Justice.
(c) Religion.
(d) Freedom.

5. What causes someone to come to the Palace all bloody after the execution?
(a) He is pushed.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He is punched.
(d) He is stabbed.

6. Where does Lanser ask to stay while he is in the town?
(a) The courthouse.
(b) The Mayor's house.
(c) A hotel.
(d) The Military barracks.

7. What does Alex say he did not know about his attack on Bentick?
(a) That he was there.
(b) That he died.
(c) That he was unarmed.
(d) All of these.

8. How is the aura of the newly invaded town described?
(a) Surreal.
(b) Terrified.
(c) Complacent.
(d) Intense.

9. How many wars has Lanser fought in?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

10. What does Loft know more about than most Generals?
(a) Discipline.
(b) Artillery.
(c) Geography.
(d) Deportment.

11. What does the Mayor say would unify the town?
(a) The escaped townspeople.
(b) Morden's death.
(c) Lanser's announcement.
(d) Alex's trial.

12. What is the major industry in the town?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Lumber.
(c) Tanning.
(d) Hunting.

13. How is Alex charged to be killed?
(a) Hung.
(b) Beheaded.
(c) Shot.
(d) Electrocuted.

14. What does Prackle do to sub-standard art?
(a) He critiques it.
(b) He hides it.
(c) He destroys it.
(d) He enhances it.

15. What does Alex say he is afraid of after his trial?
(a) That he will die in vain.
(b) To be a bad mark on the town.
(c) That his wife will suffer.
(d) To die.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Loft call Prackle?

2. What is Correll giving to the soldiers in town at the beginning of the book?

3. What does Bentick smoke?

4. Who ends up sitting in judgment for the murderer?

5. What does Lanser say war changes?

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