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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Daru looks back at the Arab the first time, what does he see?
(a) Nothing
(b) The Arab walking toward Tinguit
(c) The Arab walking toward the Nomads
(d) The Arab standing still

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

3. Where in that city is the Arab to be taken?
(a) Police headquarters
(b) His cousins
(c) A family's home
(d) Another schoolhouse

4. What does Daru say he will wait for before he will take the Arab to the next destination?
(a) Another blizzard
(b) New supplies
(c) A declaration of war
(d) The snow to melt

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

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

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

8. How are two men who are coming to visit the schoolhouse traveling?
(a) Both by foot
(b) Both by horse
(c) One by horse, one by foot
(d) Both using camels

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

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

11. Daru offers the Arab how much money?
(a) 2,000 francs
(b) 100 francs
(c) 1,000 francs
(d) 200 francs

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

13. What does the Arab do in the middle of the night?
(a) Runs away
(b) Gets up and takes the gun
(c) Gets up and makes food
(d) Gets up and goes to the shed

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

15. What is the weather like when the two men wake up in the morning?
(a) Sky is clear
(b) Very cloudy
(c) Snowing
(d) Raining

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the words on the blackboard say?

2. What is the schoolmaster watching out the schoolhouse window?

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

4. Who did Daru offend?

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

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