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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Daru feel after reading the message on the blackboard?
(a) Weary
(b) Alone
(c) Relieved
(d) Angry

4. How did Balducci leave the schoolhouse?
(a) Walking
(b) Horseback
(c) He couldn't leave
(d) Camelback

5. As Balducci prepares to leave, what does he want to do that Daru tells him not to bother doing?
(a) Cleaning up the mess
(b) Tying the Arab's hands
(c) Handcuffing the Arab
(d) Making more tea

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

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

8. How many students are still in Daru's classroom as the two men approach?
(a) 0
(b) 10
(c) 5
(d) 2

9. Who did Daru offend?
(a) The Arab
(b) Balducci
(c) The French police in Tinguit
(d) The Villagers

10. What is the schoolmaster watching out the schoolhouse window?
(a) Two men approaching the school
(b) A blizzard
(c) One man approaching the school
(d) A horse making its way up the hillside

11. Where does Daru put the gun when he is cooking?
(a) In his pocket
(b) Under his bed
(c) In his desk in the classroom
(d) Next to him on the counter

12. What lies in the southern direction when the plateau slopes?
(a) The schoolhouse
(b) Tinguit itself
(c) Low plain with a few trees
(d) Outcropping of rocks and a chaotic looking landscape

13. What do the words on the blackboard say?
(a) You handed over our brother. You will pay for this.
(b) You handed over our brother.
(c) I want my brother back. You will pay.
(d) You will pay for this.

14. Many of Daru's students are from what type of family?
(a) Rich
(b) Well-educated
(c) Monks
(d) Poor

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Arab say his cousin did?

2. How far is it from the schoolhouse to Tinguit?

3. What does Daru do when he has trouble sleeping?

4. How long did people hide the Arab?

5. When Daru looks back toward the Arab a second time, what does he see?

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