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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Balducci want Daru to sign?
(a) The deed to the schoolhouse
(b) A promisory note for the deed to the schoolhouse
(c) A paper stating that he left a prisoner with Daru
(d) A paper promising to take the prisoner to Tinguit

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

3. What weather event has just occurred at the beginning of the story?
(a) A three-year drought
(b) A three-year flood
(c) A three-day blizzard
(d) A three-day rainstorm

4. What does Daru make for his visitors?
(a) A meal
(b) Tea
(c) Heated porridge
(d) Coffee

5. What is the weather like when the two men wake up in the morning?
(a) Very cloudy
(b) Sky is clear
(c) Raining
(d) Snowing

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daru hope the Arab is doing in the middle of the night?

2. What does Daru find as he finds his way back to the schoolhouse after hearing sounds?

3. What lies in the southern direction when the plateau slopes?

4. What do the words on the blackboard say?

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

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