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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. The magistrate is worried that the answers the prisoners give while being tortured are only what the Colonel _______________.

2. The blind girl feels ____________ of the work that she has been given, so she runs away from the magistrate's home.

3. What is the first direction in which the magistrate and his men begin to travel with the girl?

4. The magistrate thinks the barbarians became corrupted because they lost their _________ somewhere along the way.

5. ___________ avoids sleeping with the others in the same tent on the way back from their trip.

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the magistrate and the four soldiers do in order to make the trip to the mountains a bit shorter?

2. What happens when the girl in the group gets her period and is unable to hide it from the others?

3. What happens to the feelings the magistrate has about the girl as their journey continues on?

4. What happens with the girl as they continue on their trip together through the mountains?

5. What is the difference between the communication style of the magistrate and the blind girl in his home?

6. What is the result of the raid that the Colonel tries to arrange with the help of the boy who he has interrogated?

7. What happens to the family that the Colonel wants to interrogate when they come into town?

8. What does the blind girl admit to the magistrate as the reason why she stays with him?

9. What makes the blind girl on the street even more pitiful to the magistrate when he sees her for the first time?

10. What does the magistrate find about the girl when they are performing the bathing ritual together day after day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The barbarians are stealing from others and inspiring fear wherever they go.

Part 1: Why do you think the barbarians are able to inspire fear among the people?

Part 2: How do you think the barbarians can be stopped? Or can't they?

Part 3: Why do you think that the barbarians are trying to steal from others and to take over the countryside?

Essay Topic 2

The magistrate wants to distance himself from the atrocities which are going on in the area.

Part 1: Why do you think the magistrate wants to distance himself from the horrors that are occurring?

Part 2: Would you want to distance yourself from the atrocities which were going on around you?

Part 3: Why do you think the magistrate doesn't want to fight back against those performing the torture?

Essay Topic 3

During their trip back to the girl's family, the magistrate and the girl begin to grow closer and she becomes more appealing.

Part 1: Why do you think that difficult journeys often result in people growing closer together?

Part 2: Why do you think that the child begins to be more attractive as the journey continues?

Part 3: Do you think that the magistrate really is attracted to the girl? Why or why not?

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