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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why prevents the Arab from taking the tea from Daru at first?
(a) His bound hands
(b) He refuses the tea
(c) He does not like tea
(d) His fever

2. Who does Daru think of as he looks out over the deserted land beyond the plateau?
(a) His students
(b) The Arab
(c) Balducci
(d) The police station

3. What position does Daru hold?
(a) Schoolmaster
(b) Farmer
(c) Student
(d) Policeman

4. How long did people hide the Arab?
(a) One year
(b) One month
(c) One day
(d) One week

5. What does Daru tell the Arab when he wakes him up?
(a) Let's eat breakfast
(b) Stay right here
(c) Run away
(d) Don't be afraid

6. Which of the following is not something Daru has in the schoolhouse?
(a) Weekly supply of water and food
(b) Well
(c) Small couch
(d) Painted shelves

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

8. What does Daru do after they finish eating?
(a) Takes the Arab's temperature
(b) Makes more tea for the Arab
(c) Reads to the Arab
(d) Makes a bed for the Arab

9. Which character is a gendarme for the French National Police?
(a) Daru
(b) Schoolmaster
(c) Balducci
(d) Arab

10. What is there talk of in the area, which requires Balducci to return right away?
(a) A revolt
(b) A murder
(c) A new blizzard
(d) An attack on the schoolhouse

11. Where does Daru show the Arab after breakfast?
(a) The horses
(b) The classroom
(c) Out the door
(d) The shed

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

13. What crime has the Arab committed?
(a) Killed his cousin
(b) Stole from his wife
(c) Stole from his cousin
(d) Killed his wife

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

15. What does the Arab ask Daru?
(a) If he will let him go
(b) If he will hurt him
(c) If he will shoot him
(d) If he will go to police headquarters with him

Short Answer Questions

1. Who would be waiting for the Arab in the East?

2. In what geographical region is the schoolhouse located?

3. How long did Balducci tell Daru it took him and the Arab to make the trek to the schoolhouse in the snow?

4. Many of Daru's students are from what type of family?

5. Which direction does the Arab finally choose?

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