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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is an antonym of ignorance?
(a) Intelligence
(b) Innonence
(c) Unaware
(d) Illiterate

2. In this phrase, hunting jacket, the word hunting is an example of which part of speech?
(a) Adverb
(b) Verb
(c) Adjective
(d) Noun

3. What do both the reader and Daru discover is happening during the long, lonely, sleepless night?
(a) Natural events
(b) Nothing
(c) Bonding between Daru and the Arab
(d) War battles are building

4. Which of the following is an example of a paradox?
(a) Standing is harder than walking
(b) Flowers smell like expensive perfume
(c) Pencils can be sharpened
(d) Grass as green as a shamrock

5. Which of the following would be the best synonym for the term secluded?
(a) Busy
(b) Above
(c) Isolated
(d) Accessible

6. Which word best describes Daru's feelings at turning the Arab over to the police?
(a) Guilty
(b) Terrified
(c) Revolted
(d) Angry

7. Chaotic landscape is to nomads as low plains is to:
(a) Schoolhouse
(b) Police
(c) Violence
(d) Daru

8. Which of the following is the best definition of imagery?
(a) Comparing two unrelated items
(b) Comparing two items using words such as like and as
(c) Creating mental pictures in the reader's mind
(d) Illustrations

9. What event happens as both characters lie awake to suggest something is about to happen?
(a) Snow falls heavily from the sky
(b) Rain pelts the ground
(c) Animals howl
(d) Wind begins to stir

10. Which of the following is the best definition of a paradox?
(a) Opposites attract
(b) Events which seem to support each other
(c) Events which seem to contradict each other
(d) Opposite points of view

11. What does Daru assume the Arab will do when he leaves the schoolhouse?
(a) Harm him
(b) Escape
(c) Clear a path for their journey
(d) Use the bathroom

12. Which of the following is not a synonym for the term paradox?
(a) Quagmire
(b) Block
(c) Simplicity
(d) Adversity

13. Flood is to rain as blizzard is to:
(a) Snow
(b) Rain
(c) Ice
(d) Water

14. Theme is to article as plot is to:
(a) Summary
(b) Characters
(c) Climax
(d) Setting

15. Which of the following is the opposite of the protagonist?
(a) Hyperbole
(b) Antagonist
(c) Oxymoron
(d) Allegory

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Daru anxious?

2. Which of the following word choices is not a verb?

3. Which of the following would be an antonym for chaotic?

4. Which term could be used to describe what soldiers build when they share living quarters?

5. Which of the following words is plural?

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