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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The magistrate decides it is best not to _______________ and to focus instead on what can be changed.
(a) Listen to the girl.
(b) Sleep with anyone.
(c) Love anyone.
(d) Dwell on the past.

2. _____________ spreads among the soldiers in response to the new news about the barbarians and their actions.
(a) Abandonment.
(b) Drunkenness.
(c) Sickness.
(d) Terror.

3. When the magistrate shouts in protest of what is happening, a solider hits him in the _______________.
(a) Arm.
(b) Cheek bone.
(c) Chest.
(d) Leg.

4. What does the magistrate demand in order to answer the accusations which are made against him?
(a) A barbarian jury.
(b) Proper court.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A tribunal.

5. What does the magistrate return to the crowd with after he can't stand to see the sight of the natives at first?
(a) Gun.
(b) Bucket of water.
(c) Knife.
(d) Chain.

6. What is the magistrate deprived of when he is imprisoned for his various accusations and alleged crimes?
(a) Water.
(b) Company.
(c) Spare clothing.
(d) Food.

7. The magistrate is released from prison without any means of ____________ at this time.
(a) Leadership.
(b) Home.
(c) Going to court.
(d) Survival.

8. People in town as well as the ___________ living nearby live in fear of barbarian attacks.
(a) Guilds.
(b) Priests.
(c) Fishermen.
(d) Armies.

9. The barbarians inspire fear which then turns into _____________ when they come at night and steal things they need.
(a) Paranoia.
(b) Insomnia.
(c) War.
(d) Peace.

10. When the magistrate tells Mandel that he is still awaiting trial, the magistrate learns there are no ____________ of him at all.
(a) Pictures.
(b) Witnesses.
(c) Rumors.
(d) Records.

11. The _________ is set to assure protection cleaning the river banks at the same time for the army and its members.
(a) Settlement.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Wall.
(d) Fire.

12. The magistrate asks Mandel how he can __________ and get on with his life as the people are being tortured.
(a) Eat.
(b) Smile.
(c) Command.
(d) Sleep.

13. The magistrate advises everyone to grow _________ so that they can survive the winter and attacks.
(a) Nuts.
(b) Lettuce.
(c) Root vegetables.
(d) Corn.

14. The magistrate is also accused of making a trip to inform the ___________________ about the campaign against them.
(a) Barbarians.
(b) Other settlements.
(c) Children.
(d) Army.

15. The magistrate lives from ___________________, getting supplies from friends and from women he used to know well.
(a) The church.
(b) Meal to meal.
(c) City to city.
(d) The trash.

Short Answer Questions

1. The officer the magistrate has spoken with seems to be equally capable of ___________ as of fulfilling his duties.

2. The troops return from their mission with the natives who have their cheeks and their wrists ____________.

3. The barbarians like to hide in the _________________ and wait for the soldiers to go away.

4. The soldiers were left by the barbarians to freeze in the _____________ and to starve in the desert.

5. The ___________ that the barbarians arm against their invaders spread, encouraging angst and conflicts among the people.

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