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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Daru find as he finds his way back to the schoolhouse after hearing sounds?
(a) Arab's family
(b) Nothing
(c) Animals
(d) Balducci

2. What does Daru see as he looks out over the two different directions?
(a) People
(b) Sky on the horizons
(c) The Arab
(d) Nomads

3. Why does Daru say that he is not worried about the enemy attacking the school house?
(a) The schoolhouse is far from the villages
(b) They won't attack a teacher
(c) He has a shotgun
(d) He can see them coming

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is expected to take the Arab to these destinations?

2. What does Daru do after they finish eating?

3. What is the weather like when the two men wake up in the morning?

4. What season does the story take place?

5. To what city is the Arab to be taken?

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