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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) He has a shotgun
(c) He can see them coming
(d) They won't attack a teacher

2. Where are the villages in relation to the schoolhouse?
(a) The schoolhouse is not near any villages
(b) Above the schoolhouse
(c) Beneath the schoolhouse
(d) Beside the schoolhouse

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

4. What does Daru hold out for the Arab?
(a) Package of food
(b) Guns
(c) The paperwork Balducci gave him
(d) Package of clothes

5. What does the Arab do with the things Daru offers him?
(a) Takes them
(b) Drops them
(c) Gives them back to Daru
(d) Refuses them

6. What does Daru see on the blackboard in the classroom?
(a) A threat
(b) Just his drawings of the French rivers
(c) The paperwork from Balducci
(d) Nothing it is empty

7. What does Daru feel when the Arab coughs behind him?
(a) Fury
(b) Relief
(c) Weariness
(d) Peace

8. Which direction is it to Tinguit?
(a) East
(b) West
(c) North
(d) South

9. Which direction does Daru head?
(a) He stays at the plateau
(b) Toward the Nomads
(c) Toward Tinguit
(d) Back to the schoolhouse

10. Who would be waiting for the Arab in the south?
(a) Police
(b) Balducci
(c) Family
(d) Nomads

11. What does Daru do after he leaves the Arab and walks into the next room?
(a) Builds a fire
(b) Leaves the schoolhouse
(c) Lies on the couch
(d) Makes more tea

12. Where did Daru request to be stationed after the war?
(a) With many other people
(b) The base of the foothills
(c) Post in the furtherest north post
(d) In the village

13. What question does Daru ask the Arab before bed?
(a) Why he doesn't speak French
(b) Why he killed his cousin
(c) How the police caught him
(d) Why he did not eat

14. How far of a walk is it to Tinguit?
(a) 2 hours
(b) 1 and 1/2 hours
(c) 1 hour
(d) 3 hours

15. What is Daru armed with in the schoolhouse?
(a) Knife
(b) Rifle
(c) Handgun
(d) Shotgun

Short Answer Questions

1. What lies in the eastern direction when the plateau slopes?

2. How long did the men walk before they stopped to rest?

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

4. What does Daru tell the Arab to do in his own language?

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

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