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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. What is NOT one of the hobbies that the magistrate returns to once the weather begins to turn cooler?

2. The magistrate questions whether he really is attracted to the blind girl or if he feels _____________ about her torture.

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

4. Who believes the family is a threat to the colony, which is why they are picked up on their way through town?

5. The barbarians are not interested in the ___________ they used to engage in until they started drinking and causing trouble.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The journey to take the girl back to her people seems to create a lot of conflict and doubt within the group.

Part 1: Do you think the journey was necessary for the story to progress? Why or why not?

Part 2: How do you think the magistrate changes during the course of this trip?

Part 3: Do you think that the magistrate needed to go on this journey with the others? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The Colonel was sent to investigate rumors in the location so as to settle the area and to make things easier for the uprising.

Part 1: Why do you think rumors are so dangerous in times of war?

Part 2: Do you think that rumors can ever be completely dispelled?

Part 3: Do you listen to all of the rumors you hear? Why or why not?

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