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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did the drought last before the blizzard began?
(a) 9 months
(b) 7 months
(c) 10 months
(d) 8 months

2. When Daru returns back to the classroom, what is the Arab doing?
(a) Sitting down and eating a snack
(b) Lying down staring at the ceiling
(c) Sitting drinking tea
(d) Lying down reading

3. Where do the men stop to rest?
(a) Schoolhouse
(b) The town
(c) Sharp peak of limestone
(d) Tribe of nomads

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

5. Who is expected to take the Arab to these destinations?
(a) He is to travel alone
(b) Daru
(c) El Ameur
(d) Balducci

Short Answer Questions

1. How many students are still in Daru's classroom as the two men approach?

2. What does the Arab do with the things Daru offers him?

3. What does Daru say he will wait for before he will take the Arab to the next destination?

4. What does Daru do after he leaves the Arab and walks into the next room?

5. What does Daru see as he looks out over the two different directions?

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