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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. How does the Mayor say Lanser broke the law?
(a) Setting up a trial.
(b) Taking the coal.
(c) Entering the city.
(d) Hitting the miners.

2. What is Bentick's position in the military?
(a) Colonel.
(b) Sergeant.
(c) Captain.
(d) General.

3. What does the Mayor compare his position to before the trial?
(a) A balancing act.
(b) An intermission.
(c) A pantomime.
(d) A diversion.

4. How many weapons does the Mayor have?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

5. What is the goal of the invading soldiers?
(a) To confiscate the coal.
(b) To prevent a resistance.
(c) To recruit more soldiers.
(d) To protect the borders.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Mayor's wife called?

2. Who is placed under protective custody after someone comes to the Palace all bloody?

3. Who comes to the Palace all bloody after the execution?

4. What does Loft want to do with his life?

5. What is Mr. Orden's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Joseph most concerned about when the invading forces come into the house?

2. What is the Mayor's purpose at Alex's trial?

3. What does Lanser say about the affects of war when it is over?

4. What does Orden say must be done before he will follow Lanser blindly?

5. What does Correll give the soldiers in his town at the beginning of the book?

6. What country is Bentick enamored with, and how does he show this?

7. How did Bentick died?

8. How does the Mayor say Lanser broke the law?

9. How does Lanser say he knows something bad is coming before the trial?

10. Why does Winter think the soldiers are having a public trial for Alexander?

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