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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Daru not want to do?
(a) Walk in the snow
(b) Turn the Arab into the police
(c) Talk to the Arab
(d) Continue as teacher at the schoolhouse

2. What does the Arab ask Daru?
(a) If he will hurt him
(b) If he will shoot him
(c) If he will let him go
(d) If he will go to police headquarters with him

3. In what month does this story begin?
(a) October
(b) December
(c) September
(d) November

4. What does Daru think he hears around the schoolhouse during the night?
(a) Footsteps
(b) Animals
(c) Water running
(d) Voices

5. Which of the following did not occur during the drought?
(a) Earth was scorched
(b) Men died
(c) Sheep died by the thousands
(d) Wheat supplies did not reach the school

6. What does Daru hold out for the Arab?
(a) Guns
(b) Package of clothes
(c) The paperwork Balducci gave him
(d) Package of food

7. In what geographical region is the schoolhouse located?
(a) River Valley
(b) Plains
(c) Mountains
(d) Desert

8. What is the name of the village nearest the schoolhouse?
(a) Tadjad
(b) El Ameur
(c) Gendarme
(d) Desert Plateau

9. What lies in the eastern direction when the plateau slopes?
(a) Low plain with a few trees
(b) The schoolhouse
(c) Tinguit itself
(d) Outcropping of rocks and a chaotic looking landscape

10. How long did Balducci tell Daru it took him and the Arab to make the trek to the schoolhouse in the snow?
(a) 2 hours
(b) 1 1/2 hours
(c) 1/2 an hour
(d) 1 hour

11. How many pupils does Daru have?
(a) 10
(b) 30
(c) 20
(d) 15

12. Who would be waiting for the Arab in the East?
(a) Family
(b) Balducci
(c) Nomads
(d) Police

13. What does the Arab ask Daru if he is?
(a) The jury
(b) The warden
(c) The police
(d) The judge

14. Who would be waiting for the Arab in the south?
(a) Balducci
(b) Nomads
(c) Family
(d) Police

15. How long did people hide the Arab?
(a) One year
(b) One month
(c) One day
(d) One week

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Daru put the gun when he is cooking?

2. When Daru looks back at the Arab the first time, what does he see?

3. How many workers are there to patrol the entire territory and keep it safe?

4. When Daru returns back to the classroom, what is the Arab doing?

5. What question does Daru ask the Arab before bed?

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