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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 does not cause Daru to feel torn about the Arab?
(a) Nature of his crimes
(b) Part of humanity
(c) Commonality
(d) Just another man

2. Open is to closed as subtle is to:
(a) Obvious
(b) Slow
(c) Implied
(d) Slight

3. Which of the following words is a compound word?
(a) Schoolhouse
(b) Greater
(c) Thoughtful
(d) Threatening

4. What makes Daru anxious?
(a) Traveling in poor weather
(b) Speaking with Balducci
(c) Spending time with the Arab murderer
(d) Witnessing murder

5. In the phrase, the Arab will obey nomad law, which word is an adjective?
(a) The
(b) Nomad
(c) Law
(d) Arab

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

7. The author compares the Daru's life to that of a what?
(a) Policeman
(b) Monk
(c) Murder
(d) Soldier

8. Doctor is to diagnosis as soothsayer is to:
(a) Foreshadowing
(b) Prediction
(c) Fortune Teller
(d) Gypsy

9. Which of the following words is not a preposition?
(a) On
(b) Puts
(c) Above
(d) Before

10. Which emotion is shared by both Daru and the Arab when Daru awakens the Arab in the morning?
(a) Guilt
(b) Fear
(c) Anxiousness
(d) Anger

11. Which of the following is the best definition for forlorn?
(a) Cheerful
(b) Hopeful
(c) Sad
(d) Hopeless

12. Which of the following descriptors could be not used to best describe the setting around the schoolhouse?
(a) Bereft
(b) Crowded
(c) Deserted
(d) Barren

13. This story contains symbolism. A story which has symbolism can be referred to as which of the following?
(a) Allegory
(b) Simile
(c) Allusion
(d) Metaphor

14. Which of the following words has a prefix?
(a) Threatening
(b) Greater
(c) Thoughtful
(d) Unable

15. The imagery of throwing pebbles in the snow reminds the reader of which story element?
(a) Characters
(b) Events
(c) Plot
(d) Setting

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following word choices shows past tense?

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

3. Isolation is to crowded as indefinite is to:

4. Daru is to hunter as Arab is to:

5. If the Arab choices the south, what will he be subjected to?

(see the answer keys)

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