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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Analysis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following would be the best definition for the term predicament?
(a) Understandable situation
(b) Helpful situation
(c) Dangerous situation
(d) Perplexing situation

2. Throwing pebbles into the snow reminds the reader of which emotion feeling Daru is experiencing?
(a) Anger and revolsion
(b) Guilt and anger
(c) Frustration and terror
(d) Frustration and anger

3. How far is it from El Ameur to the schoolhouse?
(a) 3 kilometers
(b) 2 kilometers
(c) 5 kilometers
(d) 4 kilometers

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

5. Isolation is to crowded as indefinite is to:
(a) Unclear
(b) Broad
(c) Limited
(d) Confused

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daru not want to do?

2. What makes Daru anxious?

3. What does the Arab do in the middle of the night?

4. The author expresses a paradox with which event in the story?

5. Historically speaking, when does this story take place?

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