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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. The Colonel uses the _____________ to organize a raid on the barbarians and to begin fighting back in the uprising.
(a) Money.
(b) Boy.
(c) Map.
(d) Food.

2. What did the torturers use in order to blind the girl who is now working for the magistrate in his home?
(a) Acid.
(b) Hot water.
(c) Hot fork-like tools.
(d) Dust.

3. The magistrate realizes that one of the family members has been ________________, but the evidence was hidden.
(a) Poisoned.
(b) Tortured.
(c) Killed.
(d) Let go.

4. What does the blind girl seem to agree to do on a daily basis, though there has been no conversation?
(a) Bathing rituals.
(b) The cooking.
(c) The chores.
(d) Sleeping on the floor of the bedroom.

5. Who does the group encounter on their tenth day of traveling in the wilderness?
(a) The army.
(b) The barbarians.
(c) The women's family.
(d) The Bureau.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of work does the magistrate offer to the blind girl in order to help her have a warm place to stay and to work?

2. When the group returns back to the settlement, they are greeted by a group of ______________.

3. The bulk of the story seems to be centered in what location in the world, according to the book notes?

4. Due to her injured ____________, the girl needs to use sticks in order to get around from place to place.

5. What does the magistrate worry will hurt the girl once it begins to take hold of the area?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does the magistrate ask about the injuries the girl has suffered once she is back in his home?

2. What does the magistrate feel about the blind girl he sees on the street at the beginning of this section of the book?

3. What happens when the group encounters some indigenous people as they are traveling on the tenth day?

4. What does the boy admit to when he is being interrogated by the Colonel during the beginning of the book?

5. What happens when there is little food left after eight days of travel in the mountains?

6. Why does the magistrate want to notify the Bureau about the trip that he is taking with the girl?

7. What does the magistrate find when he goes to visit the family who has been tortured by the Colonel?

8. What are some of the hobbies that the magistrate decides to take up again even though he should be preparing for attacks?

9. What does the Colonel interrogate the fishermen about when he brings them in for questioning after their capture?

10. What does the magistrate decide to do as he feels frustrated with the relationship between him and he girl?

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