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

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

5. Which direction did the two men head after they were finished with their rest?
(a) North
(b) South
(c) East
(d) West

6. What does Daru make for his visitors?
(a) Coffee
(b) Tea
(c) A meal
(d) Heated porridge

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

8. What is the name of the village nearest the schoolhouse?
(a) Desert Plateau
(b) Tadjad
(c) Gendarme
(d) El Ameur

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

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

11. What weather event has just occurred at the beginning of the story?
(a) A three-day rainstorm
(b) A three-year flood
(c) A three-year drought
(d) A three-day blizzard

12. What does the Arab say his cousin did?
(a) Attacked his wife
(b) Left him behind
(c) Hurt him
(d) Ran away

13. How far of a walk would it be to reach the Nomads?
(a) 1 hour
(b) 2 hours
(c) 2 day
(d) 1 day

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

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